Villa C-E-O Cindy Donovan estimates the delay at around two months but she is looking ahead to 2014 when the nursing home will have two new buildings and more residents.
The Horizon Health Network was told at its last meeting, 28 per cent of acute care beds at regional hospitals around the province are being used by people who should be in nursing homes but there isn't any room.
The first new building will be built across the street where the former Bayview Elementary School is located. Donovan says the residents should be moving in there during the summer of 2012.
Another new building will then be constructed where the existing nursing home is located.
