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Have facilities been able to meet the needs of their residents under the strains of the nurses’ shortage, an increase in acuity levels, a shortage of LTC beds, and an intensifying need to re-examine long- term care standards? From the current data available it is evident that LTC issues need further examination and appropriate actions taken. In the end, without change nurses will continue to exit this sector of health care and it will become increasingly difficult to find replacements. This report presents two sources of Manitoba data. The first, a Viewpoints Survey involving 500 long-term care nurses. The second source, is 651 Workload/Staffing Reports from LTC facilities covering the years 1997 to 1999. Overall, findings from this data make it clear that LTC staffing and resident care must be reviewed along with enforcement of LTC standards.