A New Long-Term Care Facilities Model in Nova Scotia, Canada: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study of Care by Design

Emily Gard Marshall   ¹ , BA, MSc, PhD ;   Michelle Anne Boudreau   ² , MA ;   Jan L Jensen   ³ , ACP, MAHSR ;   Nancy Edgecombe   ⁴ , RN, PhD ;   Barry Clarke   ⁵ , MD, CCFP, COE ;   Frederick Burge   ¹ , MD, FCFP, MSc ;   Greg Archibald   ⁶ , MD, CCFP, FCFP ;   Anthony Taylor   ⁷ , B BSc (Hons) ;   Melissa K Andrew   ⁸ , MD, MSc, PhD, FRCPC

¹ Primary Care Research Unit, Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

² Primary Care Research Unit, Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie Universtiy, Halifax, NS, Canada

³ Emergency Health Services, Division of Emergency Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

⁴ Dalhousie University School of Nursing, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

⁵ Integrated Continuing Care, Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

⁶ Department of Family Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

⁷ Oakwood Terrace Nursing Home, Halifax, NS, Canada

⁸ Division of Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada