Legal Issues in Residential Care: An Advocate's Manual

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Legal Issues in Residential Care: An Advocate's Manual is from the BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support.

Contents

• Introduction and Forward

Chapter One - Statutory Framework

• A. Part One - Overview
  • What is Residential Care? · When is it Residential Care? · What is Complex Care? · Knowing the Specific Parties

• B. Part Two - Legal Frameworks
  • The Statutory Framework for Care Staff · The General Statutory Framework in Residential Care

• C. Other Key Laws and Regulations
  • Care · Financial and Related Matters · Substitute Decision-Making · Privacy Matters · Special Populations · Rights, Remedies and Oversight · Legislation Related · Professional Responsibility Laws · Miscellaneous

Chapter Two - Residents' Bill of Rights

• A. Understanding the Bill of Rights

• B. The Key Provisions
  • Section 1 - Commitment to Care · Section 2 - Rights to Health, Safety and Dignity · Section 3 - Rights to Participation and Freedom of Expression · Section 4 - Rights to Transparency · Section 5 - Scope of Rights

The testing of the claims in a court proceeding at a formal hearing before a judge with the jurisdiction to hear the proceeding. The parties present their evidence and arguments to the judge, who then makes a decision resolving the parties' claims against one another that is final and binding on the parties unless successfully appealed. See "action," "appeal," "argument," "claim," "evidence" and "jurisdiction."

In law, the re-examination of a term of an order or agreement, usually to determine whether the term remains fair and appropriate in light of the circumstances prevailing at the time of the review. In family law, particularly the review of an order or agreement provided for the payment of spousal support. See "de novo," "family law agreements," "order" and "spousal support."