Personal Care Home Standards

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What We Heard Report

Personal Care Home Standards Survey

Manitoba has 124 licensed personal care homes (PCHs) that must meet a minimum set of standards to ensure safe and appropriate care to residents. These standards are set out in The Personal Care Home Standards Regulation under The Health Services Insurance Act and include things like 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 reviewer to better understand what happened and how to reduce the likelihood of a similar event in the future. These findings were presented to government in the Stevenson Review and regular updates have been provided to Manitobans on the implementation of the review’s recommendations. One of the recommendations is to review and streamline the licensing standards for PCHs to ensure they are current and are relevant to the changing needs of residents.

The responses from this survey will help to inform this work.

This information is available in an alternate format on request. Please contact mgi@gov.mb.

What We Heard Report

Personal Care Home Standards Survey

Manitoba has 124 licensed personal care homes (PCHs) that must meet a minimum set of standards to ensure safe and appropriate care to residents. These standards are set out in The Personal Care Home Standards Regulation under The Health Services Insurance Act and include things like 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 reviewer to better understand what happened and how to reduce the likelihood of a similar event in the future. These findings were presented to government in the Stevenson Review and regular updates have been provided to Manitobans on the implementation of the review’s recommendations. One of the recommendations is to review and streamline the licensing standards for PCHs to ensure they are current and are relevant to the changing needs of residents.

The responses from this survey will help to inform this work.

This information is available in an alternate format on request. Please contact mgi@gov.mb.