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==Abuse or Neglect by Paid Caregivers== | ==Abuse or Neglect by Paid Caregivers== | ||
Care providers must ensure older adults receiving care are protected from abuse and neglect by anyone in a position of trust or authority in the facility. When they receive a complaint of abuse or neglect, care providers are required to take immediate action to prevent further abuse or neglect. They must investigate the complaint and may suspend or terminate the employee and, if necessary, call the police. | Care providers must ensure older adults receiving care are protected from abuse and neglect by anyone in a position of trust or authority in the facility. When they receive a complaint of abuse or neglect, care providers are required to take immediate action to prevent further abuse or neglect. They must investigate the complaint and may suspend or terminate the employee and, if necessary, call the police.([[{{PAGENAME}}#References|1]]) | ||
If you are concerned about abuse or neglect of an older adult receiving home care, you can raise your concern with the [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/accessing-health-care/home-community-care/how-to-arrange-for-care Home and Community Care Office]. | If you are concerned about abuse or neglect of an older adult receiving home care, you can raise your concern with the [https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/health/accessing-health-care/home-community-care/how-to-arrange-for-care Home and Community Care Office]. | ||
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* the resident’s contact person; | * the resident’s contact person; | ||
* the adult’s doctor or nurse practitioner; and | * the adult’s doctor or nurse practitioner; and | ||
* any funding program that the adult benefits from. | * any funding program that the adult benefits from.([[{{PAGENAME}}#References|2]]) | ||
However, if this does not result in an acceptable solution, the adult or their representative or advocate may make a complaint to the licensing or registration office directly, or to the [https://www.patientcarequalityreviewboard.ca/makecomplaint.html Patient Care Quality Office]. | However, if this does not result in an acceptable solution, the adult or their representative or advocate may make a complaint to the licensing or registration office directly, or to the [https://www.patientcarequalityreviewboard.ca/makecomplaint.html Patient Care Quality Office]. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
# ''Residential Care Regulation,'' BC Reg 96/2009, ss 52, 77, online: <canlii.ca/t/89ln>; ''Assisted Living Regulation,'' BC Reg 189/2019, ss 50-51, online: <canlii.ca/t/9lrn>. | |||
# ''Residential Care Regulation,'' BC Reg 96/2009, s 77, online: <canlii.ca/t/89ln>; ''Assisted Living Regulation,'' BC Reg 189/2019, s 51, online: <canlii.ca/t/9lrn>. | |||
{{REVIEWED | reviewer = Seniors First BC, February 2024}} | {{REVIEWED | reviewer = Seniors First BC, February 2024}} | ||
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