An external review into the deadly COVID-19 outbreak at Winnipeg's Maples Long Term Care Home highlights issues within senior care and presents an opportunity to fix them, experts say.
Maples care home not prepared for precipitous loss in staff during crisis in November, report says
A Winnipeg care home where ambulances were called as residents lay dying amid a COVID-19 outbreak in November was not adequately prepared for staff shortages during the pandemic, an external reviewer says.
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Some staff brought in during outbreak s first 10 days weren t trained for the job, external probe finds
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Posted: Feb 04, 2021 10:38 AM CT | Last Updated: February 5
The outside of the Maples Long Term Care Home is pictured in this file photo. An investigation into the facility was started after paramedics were called to care for residents in November.(Lyzaville Sale/CBC)
Months after John Dobbin s elderly parents contracted COVID-19 and nearly died, the couple is finally out of hospital and living together in a personal care home.
Months after John Dobbin s elderly parents contracted COVID-19 and nearly died, the couple is finally out of hospital and living together in a personal care home.
They aren t the only Manitoba seniors moving from hospitals into personal care homes during the pandemic.
Mike and Gail Dobbin, both 82, share a room at the downtown Beacon Hill Lodge. The couple, married for 57 years, moved in two weeks ago from the Victoria General Hospital. They spent 100 days in the COVID unit, their son, John, said Monday. They didn t want them to get sick again and Beacon Hill was ready to take them in. They had to quarantine for two weeks after they got there and they have now been cleared. This keeps them together.