Acknowledgements for Navigating Home Care and Senior Housing: An Advocacy Guide

Acknowledgements

Published by Seniors First BC, 2024

#502 – 1281 West Georgia St, Vancouver, BC V6E 3J7

Seniors First BC is a charitable, non-profit society that provides information, advocacy, and support to seniors across BC who are dealing with issues affecting their well-being.

Seniors First BC receives core funding from the Province of British Columbia and the Law Foundation of British Columbia operate its programs across British Columbia.

Seniors First BC is grateful for funding for this particular project from the Council to Reduce Elder Abuse (CREA).

We acknowledge that Seniors First BC’s office in downtown Vancouver is located on the unceded and ancestral territory of the Coast Salish Peoples – the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We also acknowledge the traditional territories of all the First Nations of British Columbia on whose land we operate. We thank the people and Elders who have stewarded these lands and waters since time immemorial.

This guide may be used with acknowledgement of Seniors First BC.

Research and writing by Seniors First BC staff, including lawyers Sara Pon, Zack Uganec, and Marie-Noël Campbell, as well as Seniors Abuse and Information Line & Victim Services Manager Tina Chang, and Public Legal Education writer Pat Feindel. Editing by Liza Hughes and the Seniors First BC team. Legal Citations by Natasha Gosselin, volunteer research assistant, law student from the University of Ottawa.

Some material in this manual has been adapted from:

Charmaine Spencer, Legal Issues in Residential Care: An Advocate’s Manual, (2014, Vancouver: BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support).

Note: The information in this guide should not be taken as legal advice. This material contains information and guidance for older adults seeking or receiving care and advocates and others who support them. We have made every effort to accurately reflect the law, policy and practice in this complex area of law as of August 2023. However, this is not a comprehensive legal guide. This area of law is constantly changing.

For assistance with a specific legal issue, it is advisable to speak to an advocate or lawyer. Seniors First BC can provide information, legal advice and referrals to appropriate resources. If you need help with an issue that affects your well-being or the well-being of an older adult in British Columbia, contact the Seniors Abuse and Information Line (SAIL). Call toll-free at 1-866-437-1940 on weekdays from 8 am to 8 pm and weekends from 10 am to 5:30 pm, excluding statutory holidays. Language interpretation is available.

This information applies to British Columbia, Canada. Last reviewed for legal accuracy by Seniors First BC, February 2024.

Real property; a parcel of real property and the buildings upon it. See also "chattel," "ownership" and "possession."

In law, something that is relevant or important. A material fact, for example, is a fact relevant to a claim or a defence to a claim. See "claim," "evidence" and "fact."

(1) A lawyer or a person other than a lawyer who helps clients with legal issues, or (2) to argue a position on behalf of someone.

A person licensed to practice law in a particular jurisdiction by that jurisdiction's law society. See "barrister and solicitor."

Under the Family Law Act, a term that describes the time a person who is not a guardian of a child, including a parent who is not a guardian, has with that child. Under the Divorce Act, a term that describes the time a person who is not a married spouse has with a child. See "guardian" and "parental responsibilities."