Information for Long-term Care Homes and Shelters
Long-term Care Homes & Retirement Homes
COVID-19 information and resources for Long-term Care Homes, Retirement Homes and Shelters
Directives and Guidance for Long-Term Care and Retirement Homes
The following directives and guidance documents must be followed:
- Minister’s Directive: COVID-19 response measures for long-term care homes
- COVID-19 Guidance document for long-term care homes
- COVID-19 Guidance: Long-Term Care Homes, Retirement Homes and Other Congregate Living Settings for Public Health Units
- Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility COVID-19 Guidance Document for Retirement Homes in Ontario
Protocols for Shelters, Group Homes, and Co-Living Settings
This guidance applies to congregate living settings as defined in the COVID-19 Action Plan: Vulnerable People and the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 Guidance: Congregate Living for Vulnerable Populations document. Adult correctional institutions are not included in this guidance; separate guidance has been created for corrections.
The following directives and guidance documents must be followed:
- COVID-19 Guidelines for Congregate Living for Vulnerable Populations
- COVID-19 Guidance for congregate living settings funded and licensed by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services.
- For requirements related to reporting suspect outbreaks of COVID-19 in highest risk settings (this includes shelters and group homes, and congregate living settings with medically and socially vulnerable individuals), please refer to page 8 in the Ministry of Health Management of Cases and Contacts of COVID-19 in Ontario