Proposed changes to Manitoba government legislation would enhance weekly benefits to families that lose a stay-at-home caregiver in a fatal vehicle accident.
Attorney General Gord Mackintosh, minister responsible for Manitoba Public Insurance, made the announcement earlier this week.
The caregiver loss benefit would be extended to survivors of victims fatally injured in a motor vehicle accident, whose main occupation at the time of the accident was the unpaid care of children under age 16 or infirm adults, Mackintosh said.
Typical examples of this are a stay-at-home parent caring for an adult child with a severe, lifelong mental or physical condition, a spouse caring for an infirm partner or one with severe dementia, or a stay-at-home adult caring for an aging parent, the minister added.
Caregiver benefits claims would be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, taking into account circumstances including the number of dependents.
The changes of legislation would extend the same benefits for caregiver weekly benefits that are already available to families when an unpaid caregiver survives an accident, Mackintosh added.
