Posted: Apr 26, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 26
Lori Hildebrandt and her dad, Rudy Pankratz, 86, enjoy a sunny day outside his Winnipeg nursing home last summer. Hildebrandt says she s hardly seen her father since the COVID-19 pandemic hit because visiting hours have been reduced at Bethania Mennonite Personal Care Home.(Submitted by Lori Hildebrandt)
People living in personal care homes have seen a reduction in quality of life since the pandemic hit. Programming has been cancelled and now families say they aren t able to visit loved ones as often as they would like.
The vast majority of personal care homes (PCHs) in the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority surveyed by CBC 14 out of 15 have reduced visiting hours since the pandemic hit.