Manitobans died from COVID-19 outbreaks in for-profit personal care homes at a rate higher than in those run by the province or not-for-profit organizations, a CBC News analysis reveals.
Frances Rowlin, seen here with her goddaughter in 2011. Rowlin died at the age of 77 after contracting COVID-19 at Charleswood Care Centre. (Submitted by Dorothy Young)
Manitobans died from COVID-19 outbreaks in for-profit personal care homes at a rate higher than in those run by the province or not-for-profit organizations, a CBC News analysis reveals.
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While for-profit care homes have only one-quarter of the nursing home beds in the province, they account for 44 per cent of care-home deaths.