Which residences for seniors are affected by COVID-19 in Quebec?
The Government of Quebec has a list of cases of COVID-19 in private residences for seniors (RPA), as well as another on cases in CHSLDs. The official site of the Government of Quebec presents these two lists.
How does the MSSS record this data?
The ministry recorded COVID-19 cases by living environment based on the place of residence of people affected by the disease, regardless of whether the contraction occurred at the residence or in the hospital.
Thus, the situation where a resident is hospitalized for a treatment of a few days and contracts COVID-19 there in the hospital without even returning to his living environment will lead to the identification of the residence on the list of affected living environments, although the disease is not necessarily present at the residence.
Also, the list of living environments presented in this table only considers those with active cases of COVID-19 and / or having reported deaths within the last 24 hours.
Overall portrait of COVID-19 in seniors' residences
To better understand the list provided by the MSSS, residences that present cases of COVID-19 have been classified by the government into 3 categories: red (more than 25% of the clientele has received a positive diagnosis of coronavirus), orange ( outbreaks affecting 15% to 25% of customers) and yellow (less than 15%).
List of the MSSS on affected RPAs and CHSLDs
In order to properly interpret the list presented by the Minister of Health and Social Services, here are some warnings:
- Although some private seniors' residences are on this list, there may not be any cases of COVID in the residence.
- The ministry records cases of COVID-19 by living environment based on the place of residence of people affected by the disease, regardless of whether the contraction occurred at the residence or in the hospital.
- Thus, the situation where an elder in residence who goes to the hospital for treatment and who contracts COVID-19 in the hospital without even returning to the residence will result in the identification of the residence on the list of living environments affected, although the disease is not present in the residence.
- The list of living environments presented in this table only considers those with active cases of COVID-19 and / or having reported deaths within the last 24 hours.
- The installations for which the number of beds is unknown or whose association with a living environment is impossible are not presented in this table. Results may therefore be underestimated.
You can consult the list directly on the Government of Quebec site, by clicking here:list of seniors' residences and CHSLDs identified with COVID-19 cases.
For any questions or to report an error to this list, please contact the MSSS.
Historic highlights - accommodation for the elderly:
- As of April 10, there were no cases of COVID-19 in CHSLDs and seniors' residences in the MRC des Laurentides and Antoine-Labelle, indicated the CISSS des Laurentides .
- François Legault acknowledged on Monday that the “vast majority” of the 40private non-funded CHSLDs“are very well managed” following inspection visits carried out across Quebec.
- Since the beginning of the pandemic, it is in the same six CIUSSS public CHSLDs that the majority of the deaths occurred, according to the press point of François Legault. These are the CHSLD Laflèche, the CHSLD de Sainte-Dorothée in Laval, the Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci accommodation center, the CHSLD de la Pinière, the LaSalle accommodation center and the Center d 'Alfred-DesRochers accommodation.
- On April 12, Michel Nardella, president of the Association of long-term private establishments of Quebec published a letter following the words of François Legault talking about situation of private non-funded CHSLDs.
- Note that since the start of the pandemic, the majority of private seniors' residences have implemented strict health and safety measures .
On June 18, 2020, the Quebec government re-authorizes outings and visits to seniors' residences.
As of October 1, the government released a map of COVID-19 alert levels by region. More restrictive and targeted measures have been put in place to curb the spread and avoid re-containmen.
