Engagement of Family Members to Provide Non Professional Home Care Services

Manitoba’s Engagement of Family Members to Provide Non Professional Home Care Services policy, administered by the regional health authorities (RHA), clarifies the criteria under which families may receive funds to provide assessed home care services to family members.

The client (or substitute decision maker) makes an application through Self and Family Managed Care declaring his/her interest to hire a family member.  Applications are reviewed by the respective RHA, with approval based on defined criteria:

  1. The client (or client’s substitute decision maker) wishes a family member to be paid to provide the assessed non-professional services that the RHA would have otherwise provided.
  2. The RHA has determined there is not an appropriate and available care giver to provide for the extraordinary or unique needs of the client for one or more of the following reasons:
    1. Nature and degree of the care required
    2. Rural or remote location
    3. Cultural barriers
    4. Communication barriers
  3. The family circumstances of the client have been considered
  4. The client’s care plan includes appropriate respite for the family member.

Please note that eligibility for Self and Family Managed Care is determined prior to assessment of eligibility under this policy. For more information and the eligibility requirements, please contact your local regional health authority.