Nanaimo’s Eden Gardens care home acquired by Broadmead Care Society

Published 5:30 am Sunday, April 5, 2026

Eden Gardens, a Nanaimo long-term care home focusing on caring for people with dementia, has been acquired by the registered charity and non-profit care provider Broadmead Care Society.

Broadmead announced the change on Wednesday, April 1, but stated that no immediate changes to daily operations are anticipated.

Derrick Bernardo, Broadmead Care Society CEO, told the Bulletin that the organization chose Eden Gardens due to its central Island location, with the society already operating care homes in Saanich, James Bay and Sidney.

“Our board, as well as our executive team – our entire organization really wanted to look at expanding our services within Victoria and one of the key areas was looking at opportunities up-Island,” Bernardo said.

Since the cost of long-term care starts at a minimum rate set by the provincial government, increasing according to a resident’s taxable income, residents will not experience any cost changes.

For Eden Gardens, Bernardo said the acquisition means the care home will gain human resources, information and support.

“Many standalone homes in our industry and long-term care did not have those additional supports in the areas of finance as well as human resources, and for us to support them is pretty seamless but when you’re dealing with a standalone home it makes it very challenging because funding does not help support that aspect of its operations.”

Eden Gardens currently has 64 non-profit publicly subsidized units, but Bernardo said part of the agreement with Island Health was the expectation that Broadmead will “explore opportunities” to develop a parcel of land connected to the care home to expand services.

He added that that wouldn’t be in the short-term and there is no timeline established. “We’re just excited to have Eden Gardens part of the Broadmead Care family and we will be celebrating this accomplishment at the end of the month.”