When the writ drops, the association wants to remind people that long-term care needs help. When election signs hit Nova Scotian lawns, so will campaign signs from the Nursing Homes of Nova Scotia Association. The organization is calling for a ministerial portfolio of continuing care and highlighting “issues that have been facing long-term care for decades.” click to enlarge “As a province we need to think differently and completely reform the way we develop senior care,” said Michele Lowe of Nursing Homes of Nova Scotia. Submitted Michele Lowe, executive director with the nonpartisan NHNSA, said in an interview the association planned its own election campaign in order to pressure political candidates from all parties to address the continuing care sector, which is “screaming for attention.” The hope is that the signs will encourage Nova Scotians to ask their representatives how they will support the sector, which has about 1,300 residents waiting for nursing home beds.