Landon Webb gets 5-day reprieve at Kings Regional Rehab

A 24-year-old manwith a mental disability facing discharge against his parents wishesfromthe Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre is being allowed to stay at the facility for another five days,says his mother.

LandonWebb, who functions at the level of a 10 to 12-year-old, requires around-the-clock specialized care andhas been declared incompetent by the courts.He also has epilepsy, heart disease, asthma, and language and anxiety disorders.

His family says the Kings facility told them Webb would be discharged Wednesday because the centre could no longer care for him. His parents were opposed because they said they were not equipped to tend to him and he had nowhere else to go.

Webb was given a two-day reprieve earlier this week, and on Friday his mother, Brenda Webb, says they've been now been grantedfive more days as they secure a new place for him to live.

"It gives us a bit of relief knowing he's not going out on the street," she said.

'Nothing is engraved in stone at this time'

But the experience, she says, have beenvery difficult.

"I've never experienced anything so stressful. My husband and I have been through a lot of things in our lifetime and I've not experienced anything as traumatic and stressful as this," she said.

She says an offer has been made to the family about a potential home for Landon Webb and she hopes it will work out.However, she says, "nothing is engraved in stone at this time."

Brenda Webbsays the five-day extension brings some relief, but ultimatelythe situation isn't fully resolved.

The Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre, located in Waterville, treats people with intellectual disabilities, cognitive challenges and chronic mental illness.

Fuelling Brenda Webb's concerns about her son's discharge is the trouble he's found himself in while out onunsupervised visits inthe community.

She previously told CBC News theunsupervised outings have led her son to connect with unsavoury characters and have fuelled his drug use, a problem he had when he entered the facility.