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	ADMITTING Patient Information Uninsured Accommodations Valuables Please leave all valuables or large amounts of cash at home. Small amounts of cash may be kept on hand to purchase newspapers or personal products. South-East Regional Health Authority does not assume responsibility for personal belongings. Patients should contact their insurance company to determine what is covered prior to coming to the hospital. New Brunswick Medicare does not cover the following accommodations: Private and semi-private accommodations. However, admitting staff will make every effort to provide patients with their requested accommodations. Some additional insurance covers private or semi-private rooms. Once admitted, patients can upgrade to another room by notifying the nurse (private rooms cost $75 (Cdn) per day; semi-private rooms cost $65 per day). Non-Canadian residents Power of Attorney for Personal Care If a Power of Attorney for Personal Care has been prepared naming someone to speak on the patient's behalf should he or she be unable to do so, pass this information on to a leading member of the health care team (family doctor, specialist or nurse in charge) as soon as possible after admission to a South-East Regional Health Authority facility. Currently, living wills are not accepted under New Brunswick law. Therefore, any advanced orders regarding a patient's health care and a physician's order written on admission must be clarified so that a patient's wishes are respected. Contact information for Power of Attorney for Personal Care: Public Legal Education and Information Service of New Brunswick PO Box 6000 Fredericton, N.B. E3B 5H1 Ph: (506) 453-5369 Fax: (506) 462-5193 Website: http://www.legal-info-legale.nb.ca/pub-power-of-attorney.asp Back to top


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