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This is a common legal issue in residential care in British Columbia and other Canadian jurisdictions. The Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, for example, notes: | This is a common legal issue in residential care in British Columbia and other Canadian jurisdictions. The Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, for example, notes: | ||
:''“A facility has no legal basis whatever for refusing admission to an applicant who does not provide a guarantor or co-signer to sign an admission contract. While it may be useful to a facility to obtain the signature of a guarantor, it is of no particular use to the applicant and the applicant cannot in any way be penalized for failure to provide one.”'' | :''“A facility has no legal basis whatever for refusing admission to an applicant who does not provide a guarantor or co-signer to sign an admission contract. While it may be useful to a facility to obtain the signature of a guarantor, it is of no particular use to the applicant and the applicant cannot in any way be penalized for failure to provide one.”''([[Chapter Three Legal Issues in Residential Care References|37]]) | ||
==Other Areas== | ==Other Areas== |
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