Manitoba Health Minister Audrey Gordon invites you to provide feedback on personal care home standards to understand better your perspectives on this important topic.

There are 124 licensed personal care homes in Manitoba that must meet a minimum set of standards to ensure safe and appropriate care to residents. The standards are set out in the Personal Care Home Standards Regulation under the Health Services Insurance Act and include admissions, care plans, nursing and medical care, pharmaceutical care, recreational and spiritual care, staff education and infection and disease control.

Following a serious COVID-19 outbreak in a Personal Care Home in October 2020 the Manitoba government commissioned an independent review to understand what happened and reduce the likelihood of a similar event happening in the future. The Stevenson Review made 17 recommendations including that government review and streamline licensing standards for PCHs to ensure they are current and relevant to the changing needs of residents.

To take part in the engagement visit https://engagemb.ca/. The deadline for feedback is July 29.