Maples Long Term Care Home under investigation by Protection for Persons in Care Office

Personal care homes at centre of deadly outbreaks in Manitoba still not accepting new residents

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Manitoba's Protection for Persons in Care Office, which investigates abuse and neglect of vulnerable people, has launched a probe into the Maples Long Term Care Home after 57 residents died during a COVID-19 outbreak in November. 

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Manitoba’s Protection for Persons in Care Office, which investigates abuse and neglect of vulnerable people, has launched a probe into the Maples Long Term Care Home after 57 residents died during a COVID-19 outbreak in November. 

Maples Long Term Care Home and Parkview Place — which had 30 deaths due to COVID-19 — are still banned from accepting new residents and their licences remain under review more than six months after their outbreaks were declared over.

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The scene outside Maples Long Term Care Home on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. The province's Protection for Persons in Care Office (PPCO) has started an investigation into Maples PCH. (Walther Bernal / CBC)
The scene outside Maples Long Term Care Home on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. The province's Protection for Persons in Care Office (PPCO) has started an investigation into Maples PCH. (Walther Bernal / CBC)

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