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-#There are no specific admission criteria for private hospitals or the private pay beds in residential care facilities, other than the ability to pay. However, most of the people using the resource will have similar care needs to those in a subsidized residential care facility or extended care facility. As the Ombudsperson report The Best of Care  (2012) notes all three types of facilities now provide complex care. [page 210]. This report will be referred to as the “Ombuds, Best of Care” throughout this manual.
+#There are no specific admission criteria for private hospitals or the private pay beds in residential care facilities, other than the ability to pay. However, most of the people using the resource will have similar care needs to those in a subsidized residential care facility or extended care facility. As the Ombudsperson report The Best of Care  (2012) notes all three types of facilities now provide complex care. [page 210]. That report will be referred to as the “Ombuds, Best of Care” throughout this manual.
 #This is determined by the health care tool, the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI).
 #See for example, Interior Health, which states that the person must also “Have tried all of the avenues available for receiving care at home.” Online: http://www.interiorhealth.ca/YourCare/HousingHealth/ResidentialCare/Pages/Eligibility.aspx  (Last accessed January 1, 2016).