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Posted: Feb 11, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: February 11 The Holiday Inn Express in Dartmouth, N.S., is being used as a temporary community transition unit for people waiting for long-term care placements. (Robert Guertin/CBC) A temporary care facility in a Dartmouth, N.S., hotel that s meant to transition patients from hospital to long-term care is being called a success, with some health-care workers suggesting the model could be expanded. That s even though the community transition unit at the Holiday Inn has seen only 12 patients so far. Kitty Connell, the director and site lead for the Halifax Infirmary, said the hotel is a great place for people who need a certain level of care. As they work with the recreation therapists and people at the hotel, they may gain some of that strength back and have more options of long-term care facilities, she said. ....