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#CCALA, s. 22 | #CCALA, s. 22 | ||
#CCALA , s. 22 (3) - must not alter, interrupt or discontinue, or threaten to alter, interrupt or discontinue, service | #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 her, 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 1, 2014) | |||
#Grant v. Torstar Corp., 2009 SCC 61, [2009] 3 S.C.R. 640 | |||
#Office of the Ombudsperson Best of Care Part 1 , pg 28-29. | |||
#Report on Assisted Living in BC. BCLI Report no. 72, CCEL Report no. 7 September 2013, pg. [“Assisted Living} | |||
#Assisted Living | |||
#See Bentley v. Maplewood. | |||
#CCALA, s. 7 (1) (c) and (c.1) (i) and (ii). | |||
#Specifically the Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility Admission Act, the Patients Property Act, and the Representation Agreement Act. | |||
#Ministry of Health. Community Care Facilities . “Residents Bill of Rights”. Online: http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/ccf/residents_bill_of_rights.html [“Bill of Rights”] (Last accessed May 1, 2014) | |||
#Bill of Rights. | |||
#RCR, s. 4 (a). | |||
#Bill of Rights , s. 4 (b). Note : A summary of the care facility’s inspection record is also available online. | |||
#Residents’ Bill of Rights, s. 4 (c ) and (d). | |||
#Residents’ Bill of Rights, s. 4 (e). | |||
#Guidelines, p.2 | |||
#Ministry of Health. Home and Community Care. Accountability: Family and Resident Councils. Online http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/topic.page?id=96139325762343BB9F289A0C0F73D868 (Last accessed May 1, 2014) | |||
#Ostensibly the reason for not including people whose family are no longer residents at the facility is a fear of “political advocacy”. | |||
