Chapter Seven Resources and Appendix in Legal Issues in Residential Care

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Legal Issues in Residential Care:
An Advocate's Manual
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Introduction
Introduction and Forward
Acknowledgements
Chapters
Chapter Resources and Appendices
Chapter One Resources and Appendix
Chapter Three Resources and Appendix
Chapter Four Resources and Appendix
Chapter Five Resources and Appendix
Chapter Six Resources and Appendix
Chapter Seven Resources and Appendix
From
BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support ‎
v • d • e

Table 1 Summary of Substitute Decision Making Tools

Power of Attorney Representation Agreement Advance Directive Committee of Guardian
TSDM /General/ Enduring /Springing Section 7/ Section 9 Of Person?Of Estate
RA7 Fin/RA7 P&HC
Does it still function if resident is incapable? Yes (only)/ No/ Yes/ Yes Yes/ Yes/ Yes Yes (only) Yes (only) / Yes (only)
Does it cover…?
Health Decisions Yes(only/ No/ No/ No/ No No/ Yes(ii)/ Yes (iii) Yes/ Yes No
Personal Care No/ No/ No/ No No/ Yes/ Yes(iii) No Yes/ No
Finances No/ Yes/ Yes/ Yes/ Yes(iv)/ No/ No (v) No No/ Yes


Legal No/ May(i)/ Yes/ Yes Yes/ No/ No No/ No/ Yes


This information applies to British Columbia, Canada. Last reviewed for legal accuracy by BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support, June 2014.
v • d • e
Introduction
Chapter One: Statutory Framework
Chapter Two: Residents' Bill of Rights
Chapter Three: Legal Issues in Admission and Transfer
Basic Issues in Eligibility for Residential Care · Moving to Residential Care · Costs · Agreeing to the Admission · Demonstrating Consent · Assessing Capability to Consent? · What Kind of Decision is Admission to a Residential Care Facility and Who Makes It? · Terms in Admission Agreements and Contracts · Payment Default and Guarantees · Signing as a Substitute Decision-Maker (SDM) · Other Areas · Contractual Protections · Screening · Assessing Capacity for Admission · Consent · Use of the Mental Health Act to Admit Older Adults to Residential Care · What is “Appropriate”? · The Effect of Declining an Offered Placement · Advance Care Planning · Care Plans · Admission of Veterans · Admission of Aboriginal Residents · Admission of Spouses with Different Care Needs · Admission of Sponsored Immigrants Needing Care
Chapter Four: Legal Issues When Living in Residential Care
Chapter Five: Rights, Remedies and Problem Resolution
Chapter Six: Consent and Capacity
Consent: An Area of Confusion · Mental Capacity to Consent · Presumption of Capability · Misuses of Presumptions · How is Capability Determined? · Understanding Tests of Incapability · The Conditions of Health Care Consent · Who Must Seek Consent for Health Care? · What is Meant by “Health Care”? · Consent Rights · The Consent Process · How Does a Person Give Consent? · Exceptions to Requiring Consent · Health Care at the Margins · Areas of Confusion Around Health Care Consent in Residential Care · Information Rights · Exploiting Consent Loopholes? · Consent and Care Plans · Rights Associated with Care Plan Consent · Advance Care Planning - Advance Care Plan and Advance Care Directives · Consent and Advance Care Directives · Common Areas of Misunderstanding for Advance Health Care Consent · What is Personal Care? · Determining a Resident’s Capacity to Make Personal Care Decisions · Intimacy and Sexual Relations · What Constitutes Consent in the Context of Intimacy and Sex?
Chapter Seven: Substitute Decision-Making
Resources, References and Information


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