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Navigating Home Care and Senior Housing: An Advocacy Guide
This page is from the Clicklaw Wikibook Navigating Home Care and Senior Housing: An Advocacy Guide. See the full contents
Introduction
Introduction to this Guide Acknowledgements
Chapters
1. Supports within the Community · Introduction to Community Supports · Supports for Independent Living · Home Care · Supports for Caregivers
2. Entering & Leaving Assisted Living · Introduction · Services in Assisted Living · Eligibility for Assisted Living · Subsidized Assisted Living · Residency Agreements and Assisted Living · Evictions and Assisted Living · Concerns, Complaints & Accountability
3. Entering & Leaving Long-Term Care · Overview of Long-Term Care · Eligibility for Long-Term Care · Long-Term Care Services · Cost of Publicly Funded Long-Term Care · Choosing a Long-Term Care Facility · Long-Term Care Placements · Consent to Admission · Ending Residency
4. Living in Long-Term Care · Care Plans in Long-Term Care · Overuse of Medications · Use of Restraints · Temporary Leaves of Absences
5. Rights · Introduction · Residents' Bill of Rights · Decision-Making Rights · Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)
6. Resolving Problems · Advocating for Older Adults · Whistleblower Protections · Advocacy in Services and Care Facilities · When Internal Advocacy Doesn't Work · Seeking Systemic Change
7. Abuse and Neglect · Where to Start · What is Elder Abuse and Neglect · Capacity & Vulnerability · Abuse or Neglect by Paid Caregivers · Abuse or Neglect by Friend or Relative · Designated Agencies · Public Guardian and Trustee · Police · Victim Services
Appendices
Appendix A - Resources Appendix B - Glossary Appendix C - Useful Forms
From
Seniors First BC ‎
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This information applies to British Columbia, Canada. Last reviewed for legal accuracy by Seniors First BC, February 2024.

v • d • e Navigating Home Care and Senior Housing: An Advocacy Guide

Introduction	Introduction to this Guide · Acknowledgements

Chapter One: Supports within the Community	Introduction to Community Supports · Supports for Independent Living · Home Care · Supports for Caregivers · Chapter One Resources and Appendix

Chapter Two: Entering and Leaving Assisted Living	Introduction to Entering and Leaving Assisted Living · Services in Assisted Living · Eligibility for Assisted Living · Subsidized Assisted Living · Residency Agreements and Assisted Living · Evictions and Assisted Living · Concerns, Complaints, and Accountability and Assisted Living · Chapter Two Resources and Appendix

Chapter Three: Entering and Leaving Long-Term Care	Overview of Long-Term Care · Eligibility for Long-Term Care · Long-Term Care Services · Cost of Publicly Funded Long-Term Care · Choosing a Long-Term Care Facility · Long-Term Care Placements · Consent to Admission · Ending Residency · Chapter Three Resources and Appendix

Chapter Four: Living in Long-Term Care	Care Plans in Long-Term Care · Overuse of Antipsychotic and Sedative Medications · Use of Restraints · Temporary Leaves of Absences · Chapter Four Resources and Appendix

Chapter Five: Rights	Introduction to Rights in Home Care and Senior Housing · Residents' Bill of Rights · Decision-Making Rights · Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) · Chapter Five Resources and Appendix

Chapter Six: Resolving Problems	Advocating for Older Adults · Whistleblower Protections · Advocacy in Services and Care Facilities · When Internal Advocacy Doesn't Work · Seeking Systemic Change · Chapter Six Resources and Appendix

Chapter Seven: Abuse and Neglect	Where to Start Addressing Abuse and Neglect · What is Elder Abuse and Neglect · Capacity and Vulnerability · Abuse or Neglect by Paid Caregivers · Abuse or Neglect by Friend or Relative · Designated Agencies · Public Guardian and Trustee Intervention · Police Intervention · Victim Services Support · Chapter Seven Resources and Appendix

Appendices	Appendix A - Resources · Appendix B - Glossary · Appendix C - Useful Forms

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