Home care clients preparing for service disruptions as strike deadline looms

Some Winnipeg home-care workers are being moved to work in long-term care homes experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks, but the union that represents them wants assurances those workers will have enough personal protective equipment.
Echoing a move made earlier in the pandemic, some home-care services will be suspended as the workers move to support staff in personal care homes, Shared Health Chief Nursing Officer Lanette Siragusa announced Wednesday.
"The effort is part of our ongoing planning and prioritization to ensure that our health-care workers are deployed to the areas of greatest need," she said at a Wednesday news conference.
"We are very grateful to all the staff who continue to show great dedication and flexibility and commitment to the patients, the residents and the clients that we serve."