Frequently Asked Questions

It’s bigger. The Generations Project brings together long-term care, child-care, aging-in-place supports, and community connection in one place. Instead of building separate facilities, the project creates a community designed around every stage of life.

It’s a new way of supporting people through different stages of life—children, families, older adults, caregivers, and community members—so they can stay connected to Saint Andrews as their needs change.

Families will have access to child-care, older adults will have modern long-term care, and the community will have shared spaces designed for aging in place, for connection. It’s a project built around belonging, continuity, and staying in your home as long as possible, staying close to home.

The project will include a long-term care model of 60 beds divided into five small, household-style residences, a licensed child-care centre, community-oriented spaces, and infrastructure designed for future needs. Some elements are confirmed; others are still being refined through planning, design, and funding processes.

The home will be built around 5 smaller, household-style environments that feel warm, familiar, and home-like — not institutional. The focus is on dignity, respect, choice, comfort, and everyday life.

Residents will be able to stay in Saint Andrews, close to the people and places that matter to them. The design supports connection, continuity, and the ability to remain part of the community.

Yes. The project is built around the idea that people should not have to leave their community behind when their care needs change. Shared spaces, community programming, and thoughtful design help maintain those connections.

Research around the world has demonstrated that bringing different stages of life together strengthens community, enhances emotional, physical and mental wellbeing. Co-locating childcare and long-term care will allow the existing interactions to continue – in fact to grow – as elements such as weather will no longer cancel visits from the daycare. Child-care and long-term care share common needs — connection, belonging, and support. When designed properly, they complement each other and create meaningful intergenerational opportunities

Any intergenerational programming will be carefully planned with safety, infection control, and resident well-being in mind. Activities will be optional, supervised, and designed by care professionals.

Yes. The centre is intended to serve local families and help meet the community’s child-care needs.

Multiple sites were reviewed. The chosen location best adresses the project’s needs for accessibility, infrastructure, services, safety, and long-term sustainability.

It brings essential services together, allowing people to age in their community, whether through services and support to aging in place, or providing long-term care for those who can no longer live on their own. It expands child-care access, and better integrates the home in the community, strengthening community connec on. It is designed to meet today’s needs and those for generations to come.

A repurposing plan is being developed in consultation with the province and the community.

Traffic and infrastructure planning are part of the development process. Any impacts will be assessed and managed to support safety and community comfort as well as accessibility.

During the design process, the architects and construction experts reviewed the entire site and considered site elevations, traffic flow and safety concerns. They determined that the best access to the site would be from Champlain Avenue.

When looking to extend the trail, the Saint Andrews Outdoor Trails and Recreation (SORTI) consulted with the Passamaquoddy Lodge to see how best to integrate the Lodge complex into the trail system and into the community. The trail was built around the future complex, so that users of the trail could drop by on their walk, making the residents of Passamaquoddy Lodge part of the broader community. The trail will not be impacted by the construction.

Negotiations with the government will allow a per diem (fixed daily allowance) that supports essential infrastructure. Philanthropy allows the project to go further — enhancing spaces, improving quality of life, and creating a community model that reflects Saint Andrews’ values.

Donor support will help fund elements that go beyond basic construction — community spaces, support to aging in place, enhanced care environments, intergenerational programming, and features that improve everyday life.

The project will continue, but some enhancements may need to be scaled or phased. Transparency will guide all decisions.

Leadership includes the care and development teams responsible for long-term care, child-care, and community engagement. Each partner plays a defined role in design, funding, and operations.

Decisions follow provincial standards, care-model requirements, funding agreements, and community-planning processes. Nothing moves forward without proper approvals.

Regular updates, information sessions, and transparent communication will continue throughout planning, construction, and opening phases.

During the detailed planning phase, we also had to work with four different provincial governments, changes in councillors/officials/ministers and revised. The province’s announcement on March 26 to replace six nursing homes, including the Passamaquoddy Lodge, has given us the ability to proceed.

Site review, care model planning and functional review (review of operational needs with current staff), architectural concepts, funding discussions, and community engagement have all taken place.

We made the case to the provincial government that the Generations Project: Saint Andrews is unique because it is in a rural community. We had to look for consultants that were willing and able to work outside an urban area.

Finalizing design, securing approvals, confirming funding, and preparing the site are key next steps.

A more precise timeline will be shared once construction schedules are confirmed. The project is moving forward carefully and responsibly.

Construction timelines vary, but major community developments typically take several years from groundbreaking to opening.

Yes. The development will support long-term care, child-care, and community programming, creating new roles and strengthening the local workforce.

A detailed transition plan will be developed to ensure safety, comfort, speed and ease of transition, as well as continuity of care, minimizing disruption to our residents’ lives.

It builds the infrastructure Saint Andrews has been asking for (through Healthy Seniors Pilot Program, community town halls, aftermath of COVID) and will need — not just today, but for decades to come.

By designing care, child-care, and community spaces around real life, the project helps people remain part of Saint Andrews through every stage of life.