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* '''Supporting Sexual Health and Intimacy in Care Facilities - A pocket guide.''' May 2013. Spinal Cord Injury Organization of BC. Online: [http://www.sfu.ca/uploads/page/04/SexualHealthIntimacyPocketGuide.pdf www.sfu.ca/uploads/page/04/SexualHealthIntimacyPocketGuide.pdf] | * '''Supporting Sexual Health and Intimacy in Care Facilities - A pocket guide.''' May 2013. Spinal Cord Injury Organization of BC. Online: [http://www.sfu.ca/uploads/page/04/SexualHealthIntimacyPocketGuide.pdf www.sfu.ca/uploads/page/04/SexualHealthIntimacyPocketGuide.pdf] | ||
====General Reading (Please note, although these resources are useful for general discussions, they are based outside of the British Columbia legal context) | ====General Reading==== | ||
(Please note, although these resources are useful for general discussions, they are based outside of the British Columbia legal context) | |||
* '''Attorney General Ontario.''' (2005) Guidelines to conducting capacity assessments. Online: [http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/family/pgt/capacity/2005-06/guide-0505.pdf www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/family/pgt/capacity/2005-06/guide-0505.pdf] | * '''Attorney General Ontario.''' (2005) Guidelines to conducting capacity assessments. Online: [http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/family/pgt/capacity/2005-06/guide-0505.pdf www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/family/pgt/capacity/2005-06/guide-0505.pdf] | ||
===Appendix: Examples | ===Appendix: Examples=== | ||
====Examples==== | ====Examples of Financial Decisions in Residential Care==== | ||
;Financial / legal (property) decisions which specifically relate to residents of long-term care facilities: | ;Financial / legal (property) decisions which specifically relate to residents of long-term care facilities: | ||
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* the management of the "comfort allowance" or other pocket money. | * the management of the "comfort allowance" or other pocket money. | ||
====Examples of Legal and Personal Care Decisions in Residential Care==== | |||
;Personal Care decisions which specifically relate to residents of long-term care facilities: | ;Personal Care decisions which specifically relate to residents of long-term care facilities: |
Latest revision as of 22:20, 25 July 2014
Chapter Resources[edit]
- BC Law Institute (2013). Report on Common Law Tests of Capacity. Online: www.bcli.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-24_BCLI_Report_on_Common-Law_Tests_of_Capacity_FINAL.pdf
- Public Guardian & Trustee. (2005). Consent to health care Online : www.trustee.bc.ca/pdfs/STA/Consent_Health_Care_March_2005.pdf
- Ministry of Health. (July 2011). Health Care Providers' Guide to Consent to Health Care
- Restrictions on the Authority of a Temporary Substitute Decision Maker
- Ministry of Health. (2013). my voice: expressing my wishes for future health care treatment. Advance care planning guide. Online: http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/library/publications/year/2013/MyVoice-AdvanceCarePlanningGuide.pdf
- Ministry of Health. (2011). A review of the use of antipsychotic drugs in British Columbia’s residential care facilities. Online: www.health.gov.bc.ca/library/publications/year/2011/use-of-antipsychotic-drugs.pdf
- Ministry of Health. (2012).Best practice guideline for accommodating and managing behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in residential care- a person-centered interdisciplinary approach. Online: www.health.gov.bc.ca/library/publications/year/2012/bpsd-guideline.pdf
- Vancouver Coastal Health. (2009). “Supporting sexual health and intimacy in care facilities: guidelines for supporting adults living in long-term care facilities and group homes in British Columbia, Canada,” Online: www.sfu.ca/uploads/page/04/FacilitiesLicensing_SupportingSexualHealthandIntimacyinCareFacilities2.pdf.
Proposes guidelines aimed to help administrators and clinical leaders develop their own guidelines to support healthy and safe sexual expression for adults living in care facilities.
- Alzheimer Knowledge Exchange. “Intimacy, sexuality and sexual behaviour in dementia. How to develop practice guidelines and policy for long term care facilities. “Online: http://www.akeresourcecentre.org/files/Sexuality/Intimacy,%20Sexuality%20and%20Sexual%20Behaviour%20in%20Dementia.pdf
- Supporting Sexual Health and Intimacy in Care Facilities - A pocket guide. May 2013. Spinal Cord Injury Organization of BC. Online: www.sfu.ca/uploads/page/04/SexualHealthIntimacyPocketGuide.pdf
General Reading[edit]
(Please note, although these resources are useful for general discussions, they are based outside of the British Columbia legal context)
- Attorney General Ontario. (2005) Guidelines to conducting capacity assessments. Online: www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/family/pgt/capacity/2005-06/guide-0505.pdf
Appendix: Examples[edit]
Examples of Financial Decisions in Residential Care[edit]
- Financial / legal (property) decisions which specifically relate to residents of long-term care facilities
- contracting with the long-term care facility for payment of the accommodation fees and fees for other services,
- the management of the resident's trust account, if any, at the facility, and
- the management of the "comfort allowance" or other pocket money.
Examples of Legal and Personal Care Decisions in Residential Care[edit]
- Personal Care decisions which specifically relate to residents of long-term care facilities
- the decision for admission to a facility,
- decisions about medical treatment and the resident's care plan,
- decisions about personal assistance services,
- all the basic decisions about diet, clothing, and hygiene, and
- decisions about the use and application of safety devices and physical restraints.
This information applies to British Columbia, Canada. Last reviewed for legal accuracy by BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support, June 2014. |