Home Care
Home Care plays a central role in supporting individuals to live safely and independently in the comfort of their own homes. It provides essential health services—such as nursing care, rehabilitation, personal support, and respite- that allow clients to maintain quality of life while remaining connected to their families, communities, and routines.
Grounded in the Home & Community is Best philosophy, our approach emphasizes the importance of providing care in the most familiar and supportive environment possible. We believe that enabling individuals to remain at home, when clinically appropriate, leads to better health outcomes, greater personal autonomy, and improved overall well-being.
Our Role in Provincial Clinical Planning and Leadership
The Home & Community Care team at Shared Health is responsible for leading and coordinating provincial clinical planning and system-wide strategies. Working in collaboration with regional health authorities, care providers, care recipients and community partners, we strive to ensure that services are equitable, consistent, and responsive to the needs of diverse populations across Manitoba
Home Care is more than a service; it’s a commitment to delivering compassionate, high-quality care where people want to be: at home. By supporting early interventions, client-centered hospital discharge planning, and alternatives to facility-based care, we promote individual wellbeing by supporting clients at home as long as safely possible, help reduce health system pressures and enhance the overall continuity of care. Explore this section to learn more about our provincial strategy, programs, and how we’re working with health partners to support people in the place they value most—their home and community.
Initiatives
Modernization & Provincial Standardization: Pathway to LTC
This project aims to improve flow from hospital to community, reduce Alternate Level of Care (ALC) days (ALC Reason Code 11 – In Panel Process), reduce unnecessary diagnostic tests that are not medically required, improve care planning for individuals requiring LTC and improve the experience of individuals and families.
- Clinical Practice Change: Modernization & Provincial Standardization: Pathway to Long-Term Care (LTC) – Elimination of Diagnostic Testing Requirements in LTC Application
- Think TB: For Healthcare Providers
- Clinical Practice Change: Modernization & Provincial Standardization: Pathway to Long-Term Care (LTC) – Medical Assessment for LTC Form
- Medical Assessment for LTC
Standards, Policies & Clinical Guidelines
Standards, Policies & Clinical Guidelines can be found on the Home Care Clinical Standards, Policies & Guidelines page.
Documents & Forms
Educational Resources
Note – These provincial forms are intended for use by Regional Health Authority (RHA) Home Care professional staff to document confidential information intended for care planning, service delivery and evaluation by the RHA. The information which will be collected is private and legally protected by law. It is not to be transmitted or distributed to any source not previously authorized by the RHA. Should anyone receive a completed form in error, please notify the RHA immediately by telephone or contact the RHA main office by email.