Published Sep 25, 2026  •  Last updated 4 days ago  •  1 minute read

Lisa Clarkson (centre, yellow shirt) gives dignitaries a tour of the new activity room at the John Noble Home's Day and Stay Program. Photo by Brian Thompson /The Expositor

Clients, staff and dignitaries gathered at the John Noble Home in Brantford to celebrate the reopening of its Day and Stay program on Friday after three years of construction.

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Improvements to the now-37,000 square foot facility that houses the Day and Stay program include a new activity room, new windows and flooring in the bedrooms, improved lighting, heating, and air conditioning, larger wheelchair accessible washrooms, and an overall freshening up of the area.

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During the construction, Day and Stay programs operated in the long-term care area of the John Noble Home.

Brantford city councillor Linda Hunt, co-chair of the John Noble Home’s committee of management, praised the staff “for working through so many years of upheaval, doing it all with grace and making sure we do the best we can for our residents.”

Brantford-Brant MPP Will Bouma echoed Hunt’s praise for staff, noting that “your compassionate care is what makes this program a great success. This program helps improve the quality of life, not just for the folks who have dementia but for their caregivers and those who love them.”

The facility serves between 65 to 85 clients each month and has six beds for overnight stays that may range from two nights to two weeks, or sometimes a few months for those waiting for long-term care placement.

Program manager Lisa Clarkson said that clients are not in their bedrooms very much.

“We really promote the therapeutic activity, get them out, get them socializing, and keep the brain stimulation going, to make them feel part and parcel, and wanted,” said Clarkson, who is retiring after 14 years as program manager, adding that she is proud to have watched the program continue to grow and meet the needs of individuals and their caregivers.

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