Care Home Abuse

• Manitoba to replace vulnerable persons office after audit finds abuse in care homes

  A report on questionable findings in care home abuse cases by the Protection for Persons in Care Office in Manitoba has led the province to dissolve the agency and hire a lawyer.

  Canada

  Jul 26, 2023
  
• Manitoba auditor general says abuse in care homes occurred, investigations flawed

  Manitoba's auditor general says there have been cases of physical or sexual abuse in personal care homes that have been the subject of flawed investigations and wrong conclusions.

  Crime

  Jul 26, 2023
  
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• Health care aides charged with assault after investigation into abuse at Oakview Place

  A pair of health care aides at Extendicare Oakview Place are facing assault charges after Winnipeg police launched an investigation into reported abuse of residents.

  Crime

  Sep 13, 2022
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• Manitoba Liberals, victims’ families call for better protections in wake of care home abuse scandal

  Liberal leader Dougald Lamont said that the scandal -- in which 15 residents are alleged to have been abused by two staff members at the care home -- is completely unacceptable.

  Health

  Jul 12, 2022
• ‘It’s sickening’: geriatrics expert on breach of trust in Winnipeg care home abuse case

  Reports of abuse at a Winnipeg care home are a 'sickening' abuse of trust, says a Canadian geriatrics expert.

  Health

  Jun 22, 2022