'We are in a staffing crisis': Advocates call for action as Manitoba reports COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes
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With COVID-19 outbreaks occurring at several personal care homes, some say the province needs to do more to prevent a grim outcome.
As of Monday, essential care partners are required to be fully vaccinated if they want to access Manitoba hospitals and care centres, but with outbreaks occurring at several personal care homes, some say the province needs to do more to prevent a grim outcome.
John Skibinski’s father has been in Arborg Personal Care Home for the past four months. Last week he was notified that the care home was going into lockdown due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
“Which locks all of the patients into their rooms, no interaction amongst the patients for dining or recreation,” said Skibinski.
The province’s website shows as of Monday, nine people caught COVID-19 at Arborg Personal Care Home, all of whom are non-staff.
Skibinski said he doesn’t want to see his father fall through the cracks like many others did during the first wave of COVID.
“Now we’re in our fourth wave, and we just don’t want our father to become a victim of this.”
At the Amber Meadow Retirement Community in Winnipeg, cases have spiked in the course of just a couple weeks according to Atria Retirement, the company that runs the home.
