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Legal Issues in Residential Care: An Advocate's Manual
Introduction
Introduction and Forward
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Acknowledgements
Chapter One: Statutory Framework
What is Residential Care?
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When is it Residential Care?
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What is Complex Care?
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Funding: Three Types of Facilities
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The Statutory Framework for Care Staff
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The General Statutory Framework in Residential Care
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Care
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Financial and Related Matters
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Substitute Decision-Making
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Privacy Matters
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Special Populations
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Rights, Remedies and Oversight
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Legislation Related to Funding
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Professional Responsibility Laws
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Miscellaneous
Chapter Two: Residents' Bill of Rights
Understanding the Bill of Rights
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Commitment to Care
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Rights to Health, Safety and Dignity
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Rights to Participation and Freedom of Expression
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Rights to Transparency
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Scope of Rights
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Protecting and Enforcing the Rights
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Chapter Three: Legal Issues in Admission and Transfer
Basic Issues in Eligibility for Residential Care
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Moving to Residential Care
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Costs
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Agreeing to the Admission
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Demonstrating Consent
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Assessing Capability to Consent?
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What Kind of Decision is Admission to a Residential Care Facility and Who Makes It?
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Terms in Admission Agreements and Contracts
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Payment Default and Guarantees
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Signing as a Substitute Decision-Maker (SDM)
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Other Areas
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Contractual Protections
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Screening
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Assessing Capacity for Admission
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Consent
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Use of the Mental Health Act to Admit Older Adults to Residential Care
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What is “Appropriate”?
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The Effect of Declining an Offered Placement
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Advance Care Planning
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Care Plans
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Admission of Veterans
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Admission of Aboriginal Residents
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Admission of Spouses with Different Care Needs
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Admission of Sponsored Immigrants Needing Care
Chapter Four: Legal Issues When Living in Residential Care
Care Plans
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Communication
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Care Conferences
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Staffing
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Quality of Care
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Continence Care
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Risk Taking
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Private Communication
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Paid Companions in Residential Care
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Renovations and Closure of Facilities
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Medications
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Control Over Visiting
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Abuse and Neglect
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Resident to Resident Harms
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Reporting Responsibilities
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Restraints
Chapter Five: Rights, Remedies and Problem Resolution
The Need for Effective Remedies and Problem Resolution
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Concerns About Raising Concerns
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Reporting Protections
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Threats of Being Sued
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Residents Rights
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Family and Resident Councils
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Operator Responsibilities
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Patient Care Quality Office
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Patient Care Quality Review Board
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Community Care Licensing Offices
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Local Ethics Committees
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BC Care Aide and Community Health Worker Registry
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Directing Concerns to External Bodies
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Directing Concerns to Review Boards
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Addressing Systemic Concerns: BC Seniors Advocate
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A Final Note on Rights, Remedies and Problem Resolution in Residential Care
Chapter Six: Consent and Capacity
Consent: An Area of Confusion
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Mental Capacity to Consent
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Presumption of Capability
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Misuses of Presumptions
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How is Capability Determined?
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Understanding Tests of Incapability
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The Conditions of Health Care Consent
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Who Must Seek Consent for Health Care?
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What is Meant by “Health Care”?
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Consent Rights
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The Consent Process
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How Does a Person Give Consent?
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Exceptions to Requiring Consent
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Health Care at the Margins
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Areas of Confusion Around Health Care Consent in Residential Care
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Information Rights
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Exploiting Consent Loopholes?
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Consent and Care Plans
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Rights Associated with Care Plan Consent
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Advance Care Planning - Advance Care Plan and Advance Care Directives
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Consent and Advance Care Directives
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Common Areas of Misunderstanding for Advance Health Care Consent
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What is Personal Care?
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Determining a Resident’s Capacity to Make Personal Care Decisions
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Intimacy and Sexual Relations
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What Constitutes Consent in the Context of Intimacy and Sex?
Chapter Seven: Substitute Decision-Making
Introduction: A Right to Decide
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Statutory Substitutes - Temporary Substitute Decision-Making for Health Decisions
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Other Tools by Which People are Given Authority as Substitutes
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Court Appointed Substitutes - Adult Guardianship/Committeeship
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Substitute Decision-Making Through Instructions - Advance Care Directives
Resources, References and Information
Chapter One Resources and Appendix
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Chapter Three Resources and Appendix
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Chapter Four Resources and Appendix
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Chapter Five Resources and Appendix
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Chapter Six Resources and Appendix
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Chapter Seven Resources and Appendix