2 health-care aides charged in alleged assaults of elderly residents at Oakview Place care home
Posted September 13, 2022 1:27 pm.
Last Updated September 13, 2022 1:29 pm.
Winnipeg police have charged two former health-care aides at Extendicare Oakview Place with multiple counts of assault.
BACKGROUND: Two employees accused of abuse at Extendicare Oakview Place care home
WPS investigators determined the aides at the personal care home in Sturgeon Heights “used inappropriate physical actions on separate occasions.”
Police allege this was done “to gain the compliance of five elderly residents while performing their daily care duties.”
The force’s specialized investigations unit says the alleged assaults took place between last August and this January.
Police say none of the victims required medical treatment.
On Monday the two aides were arrested. Police say a 49-year-old woman is facing three assault charges, and a 36-year-old woman is facing two assault charges.
They were released on an undertaking.
WATCH: Families of alleged abuse victims at Oakview Place calling for change (July 12)
Police investigation began in June
The investigation into the allegations of abuse – which were said to involve 15 residents – began in June.
The allegations were first brought forward to Extendicare management by a whistleblower in February.
They were brought to the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) by another whistleblower on June 10.
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Earlier this summer, a director of operation quality for Extendicare told CityNews the care home had put additional measures in place to prevent something like this from happening again.
