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#CCALA. s. 22 (3) and Regulations,
#Human Rights Code [RSBC 1996] c. 210, s.43.
#RCR Regulations, s. 48 (b).
#RCR Regulations, s. 89.
#BC Ombudsperson (February 2012). Best of Care Getting It Right For Seniors In British Columbia (Part 2), Public Report 47., F. 117 (“Ombuds, Best of Care”).
#Ombuds, Best of Care, Recommendation 148.
#It can make it harder for the operator to prioritize the concerns in the facility. Some operators may simply leave matters to the last and yet legally be “in time”; other may respond “in time” but in an unsatisfactory manner.
#For more information on control of visiting, see Chapter 4 on Legal Issues When Living in Residential Care.
#RCR Regulations, s. 60 (b).#RCR Regulations, S. 60 (c).#CCALA, s. 22.
#CCALA , s. 22 (3) - must not alter, interrupt or discontinue, or threaten to alter, interrupt or discontinue, service
#The AGA was raised in the residential care case of Bentley v. Maplewood Seniors Care Society, 2014 BCSC 165 to prevent family from removing Margot Bentley from the facility when the family disagreed with the staff about spoon feeding herat this stage of dementia, apparently against her pre-expressed wishes. [“Bentley v. Maplewood”]
#AGA, s. 46 (4) These include, for example protections from being threatened with dismissal, refusing to employ or to continue to employ a person, or discriminating against a person with respect to employment or a term or condition of employment or membership in a profession or trade union.
#RCR, s. 60 (b).
#CCALA, s. 22 (3)- must not alter, interrupt, or discontinue service
#AGA, s. 46 (1).#AGA, s. 46 (4) (b).#AGA, s. 46 (4).#AGA, s. 46 (4) (d).#CCALA, s. 22 (1).
#CCALA, s. 22 (2)
#AGA, s. 46 (1).#AGA, s. 46 ( a), (c) and (d).#AGA, s. 46 (4) (d).#CCALA, s. 22 (1).#AGA, s. 46 (1).#AGA, s. 46 (4).#AGA, s. 46 (4) (d).#Leisureworld (Ontario). The use of defamation is considered a SLAPP lawsuit (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation,) basically brought to prevent complaints being raised.#Canadian Bar Association, BC Branch. Defamation: Libel and Slander , Script 24. Online: http://cbabc.org/For-the-Public/Dial-A-Law/Scripts/Your-Rights/240 (Last accessed May 1January 9, 20142016)
#Grant v. Torstar Corp., 2009 SCC 61, [2009] 3 S.C.R. 640
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