{"id":6870,"date":"2025-11-06T00:40:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T03:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/many-private-long-term-care-homes-in-p-e-i-only-partially-compliant-with-standards-says-mla\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T00:40:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T03:40:15","slug":"many-private-long-term-care-homes-in-p-e-i-only-partially-compliant-with-standards-says-mla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/many-private-long-term-care-homes-in-p-e-i-only-partially-compliant-with-standards-says-mla\/","title":{"rendered":"Many private long-term care homes in P.E.I. \u2018only partially compliant\u2019 with standards, says MLA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>PEIAbout a dozen Islanders who have loved ones in privately operated long-term care homes in Prince Edward Island say they\u2019re concerned about the care their loved ones are getting in comparison to those living in government-run homes.Gord McNeilly says government keeps giving full licences to facilities that aren\u2019t fully complyingRyan McKellop  \u00b7 CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Nov 05, 2025 2:24 PM EST | Last Updated: 3 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 5 minutesNot all long-term care residents receiving proper standard of care, some Islanders saySome people with loved ones living in private long-term care homes in P.E.I. are concerned about the level of care they\u2019re receiving. They say it\u2019s not the same quality as what\u2019s given in government-owned facilities \u2014 and they told MLAs that they want that to change. CBC\ufffd\u2019s Wayne Thibodeau explains.About a dozen Islanders who have loved ones in privately operated long-term care homes in Prince Edward Island say they\u2019re concerned about the care their loved ones are getting in comparison to those living in government-run homes.In a letter to Health and Wellness Minister Mark McLane, the group shared \u201cdeep concerns\u201d about a lack of training, timely medical attention and government oversight in the private facilities.One of those who signed the letter, Susan Munn, was at the P.E.I. Legislature on Wednesday. Her mother is 98 years old and lives in a private long-term care home. Munn spoke on behalf of the concerned residents.\u201dWe are advocating for the same standards, the same regulations, the same level of care for our loved ones that exists in the other systems,\u201d she said.\u201dThere\u2019s been preventable bed sores, there\u2019s been situations where dementia patients have wandered outside unbeknownst to the staff, and there\u2019s been situations where there\u2019s been untrained folks that are caring for our loved ones.\u201dMunn would also like to see more transparency around how families are informed about incidents that occur \u2014 something she said isn\u2019t happening now.The group has tried to work with staff at the private homes, she said, and it has reached out to the Department of Health and Wellness and P.E.I.\u2019s ombudsperson, all with limited success.Concerns addressed in legislatureTheir concerns were addressed during Wednesday\u2019s question period in the legislative assembly.\u201dWhat do you say to these residents and families who have been left without the proper care that they feel like they deserve?\u201d Liberal MLA Gord McNeilly asked McLane.\u201dOur seniors deserve the best care we can give them within the province,\u201d the health minister replied. \u201cThere\u2019s no doubt I want that, our seniors want that and families want that.\u201dMcLane said families have avenues through which they can seek improvements in privately run homes.\u201dWe have a complaints-based system that we use to manage accreditation and compliance at our private long-term care homes,\u201d he said. Liberal MLA and health critic Gord McNeilly brought up concerns from Island families about care provided in private long-term care homes during question period in the legislature Wednesday. (Legislative Assembly of P.E.I.)McNeilly, though, said some private homes are granted full-care licences without reaching some key care standards. He said he\u2019s reviewed inspection reports and licensing letters for all of the province\u2019s 11 private long-term care facilities. \u201cMany facilities are only partially compliant with key care standards, yet they\u2019re still being granted full licences,\u201d he said. \u201cIn some cases, homes received provisional licences due to deficiencies and, when re-inspected months later, the same issues remained\u2026 but full licences were still issued.\u201dCBC News also reviewed some those inspection reports, which do show a number of homes with outstanding problems \u2014 though the reports do not outline what work needs to be done. \u2018Government is letting this slide by\u2019McLane said his department has invested money into ensuring that the standard of care in both public and private homes was equal.\u201dWe\u2019re certainly not going to close beds because\u2026 of a small provisional issue,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will work with the operators to fix that and to keep our residents in a safe and protected environment.\u201dAfter question period, McNeilly told reporters that long-term care homes need to be up to standard.\u201dThey\u2019re non-compliant and the minister has to keep giving them provisional licences, and they keep doing that, but they keep missing what they\u2019re supposed to do to get them up to standards,\u201d he said.\u201dThe facilities are probably not getting the support of government. Government is letting this slide by and we\u2019re going through this cycle.\u201dHealth and Wellness Minister Mark McLane says a 2023 external review of long-term care in P.E.I. included 17 recommendations, but it will take time to have them all implemented. (Legislative Assembly of P.E.I.)Speaking with reporters, McLane said he was disappointed the concerns made their way to the floor of legislature.\u201dI\u2019m not involved in the complaint process at our long-term care facilities, so we do have a very rigorous complaint system in place where we use a board in order to investigate complaints or concerns,\u201d he said, adding that he trusts the complaint board will make recommendations to the long-term care facilities to increase safety and staffing.In 2023, an external review found that  P.E.I.\u2019s long-term care homes \u201cwere not sufficiently prepared for a pandemic\u201d when theCOVID-19 crisis began, leading to the quality of care for residents deteriorating, according to an external panel appointed by the provincial government.  The report made 17 recommendations for improvement, including putting public and private care homes under a single legislative act so that they don\u2019t have different accreditation and inspection regimes.  McLane said implementing the recommendations will take time.ABOUT THE AUTHORRyan McKellop is a graduate of the Holland College journalism program and is working as an Associate Producer and Web Writer.  Got a story idea? 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