Difference between revisions of "Chapter Four Legal Issues in Residential Care References"

==References==

#Resident Bill of Rights, s. 1.

#Residential Care Regulations. B.C. Reg. 96/2009 , s. 81 (3).[subsequently be referred to as ”RCR”]

#Ministry of Health Home and Community Care Policy Manual. Chapter: 6 Residential Care Services Number: 6.J-  Movement of Clients – Facility Closures Or Renovations [Effective: October 15, 2012]

#See letter from Fraser Health to BC Care Providers Association. Online: www.bccare.ca/wp-content/uploads/ResponsefromNMurrayFHAApril2014.pdf    (Last accessed May 1, 2014).

#BC’s best practice guideline for dementia  define anti-psychotic medication this way: “Drugs developed to treat psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder/psychotic depression. In older adult psychiatry they have roles in the management of psychotic disorders, mood disorders, delirium, and some behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (e.g. psychosis/marked aggression).” See: Best practice guideline for accommodating and managing behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in residential care - a person-centered interdisciplinary approach. (Ministry of Health, October 2012). Online: http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/library/publications/year/2012/bpsd-guideline.pdf (Last accessed May 1, 2014). [“Best practice guideline for dementia  “]  

#Health Canada. (2005). Atypical antipsychotic drugs and dementia – advisories, warnings and recalls for health professionals.  Online: http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2005/14307a-eng.php Canadian Institute for Health Information. (2009) Antipsychotic drug use in seniors. Analysis in Brief.