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*'''[[Introduction: A Right to Decide in Residential Care|Introduction: A Right to Decide]] | *'''[[Introduction: A Right to Decide in Residential Care|Introduction: A Right to Decide]] | ||
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*'''[[Chapter Seven Resources and Appendix in Legal Issues in Residential Care: An Advocate's Manual|Chapter Seven Resources and Appendix]] | *'''[[Chapter Seven Resources and Appendix in Legal Issues in Residential Care: An Advocate's Manual|Chapter Seven Resources and Appendix]] |
Revision as of 18:28, 3 July 2014
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Legal Issues in Residential Care: An Advocate's Manual is from the BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support.
Contents[edit]
Chapter One - Statutory Framework[edit]
Chapter Two - Residents' Bill of Rights[edit]
Chapter Three - Legal Issues in Admission and Transfer[edit]
Chapter Four - Legal Issues When Living in Residential Care[edit]
Chapter Five - Rights, Remedies and Problem Resolution[edit]
- Directing Concerns to Health Authorities
- Patient Care Quality Office · Patient Care Quality Review Board · Community Care Licensing Offices · Local Ethics Committees · BC Care Aide and Community Health Worker Registry · Directing Concerns to External Bodies · Directing Concerns to Review Boards · Addressing Systemic Concerns: BC Seniors Advocate
Chapter Six - Consent and Capacity[edit]
- Health Care Consent
- 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?
Chapter Seven - Substitute Decision-Making[edit]
About this Wikibook[edit]
About the BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support[edit]
The BC CEAS is a non-profit charitable organization located in British Columbia, Canada. We are committed to:
- Protecting the legal rights of older adults;
- Increasing access to justice for older adults;
- Informing the public about elder abuse; and
- Providing supportive programs for older adults who have been abused.
Find out more at bcceas.ca/