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#Mental Health Act [RSBC 1996] c. 288. Online: http://www.bclaws.ca/Recon/document/ID/freeside/00_96288_01 (Last accessed May 1, 2014).
#Mental Health Act [RSBC 1996] c. 288. Online: http://www.bclaws.ca/Recon/document/ID/freeside/00_96288_01 (Last accessed May 1, 2014).
#Adult Guardianship Act [RSBC 1996] c. 6  {“AGA”}
#Adult Guardianship Act [RSBC 1996] c. 6  {“AGA”}
#AGA, s. 44  states
#AGA, s. 44  states “The purpose of this Part is to provide for support and assistance for adults who are abused or neglected and who are unable to seek support and assistance because of
##(a) physical restraint,
##(b) a physical handicap that limits their ability to seek help, or
##(c) an illness, disease, injury or other condition that affects their ability to make decisions about the abuse or neglect.”
#Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act [RSBC 1996] c. 181. Online: http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/00_96181_01#section20t26 . Or Online - http://www.bclaws.ca/Recon/document/ID/freeside/00_96181_01 (Last accessed May1, 2014).
#Mental Health Act.
#Ombuds, Best of Care,  pg. 265-268
#Power of Attorney Act [RSBC 1996] c.370. Online: http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/00_08028_01 (Last accessed October 29, 2013)
#Public Guardian and Trustee Act [RSBC 1996] c. 383. Online: http://www.bclaws.ca/Recon/document/ID/freeside/00_96383_01 (Last accessed May 1, 2014).
#PGT Act.
#Representation Agreement Act [RSBC 1996] c.405. Online: http://www.bclaws.ca/Recon/document/ID/freeside/00_96405_0  (Last accessed May 1, 2014).
#Patient Property Act  [RSBC 1996] c. 349. Online: http://www.bclaws.ca/Recon/document/ID/freeside/00_96349_01
#Office of the  BC Ombudsperson. (February 2013). No longer your decision: British Columbia’s process for appointing the public guardian and trustee to manage the financial affairs of incapable adults., Public #Report No. 49, at pg. 49. Online: http://www.ombudsman.bc.ca/resources-and-publications/investigative-reports/public-reports  (Last accessed May 1, 2014).
#Personal Information Protection Act [SBC 2003] c. 63. Online: http://www.bclaws.ca/Recon/document/ID/freeside/00_03063_01 (Last accessed May 1, 2014).
#Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act [RSBC 1996] c. 165. Online: http://www.bclaws.ca/Recon/document/ID/freeside/96165_00 (Last accessed May1, 2014).
#Veterans Benefit Act (R.S.C. 1970, c. V-2) Online: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/V-1.3/index.html (Last accessed May 1, 2014).
#Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (S.C. 2001, c. 27). Online: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/i-2.5/index.html  (Last accessed May 1, 2014).
#For a general discussion of  sponsorship issues, see : Koehn, S. Spencer, C, & Hwang, E. (2010) Promises, promises: cultural and legal dimensions of sponsorship for immigrant seniors. Diversity in Aging among Immigrant Seniors in Canada, Temeron Books, Calgary.  Note  that the  length of sponsorship has now increased  from 10 years to 20 years.
#Ministry of Health. “Community Care Licensing.” Online: http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/ccf/ (Last accessed October 29, 2013).  [“Community Care Licensing”]
#Public Health Act [SBC 2008] c. 28. Online: http://www.bclaws.ca/Recon/document/ID/freeside/00_03063_01
#Community Care Licensing.
#Ministry of Health. Inspection and Complaint Reports. Online: http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/ccf/facility-inspection-reports.html (Last accessed May 1, 2014). Also: Interior Health. Risk Assessment Tool for Community Care Facilities Licensing. Letter to all Licensed Care Providers, June 25, 2012.
#Patient Care Quality Review Board Act (S.B.C. 2008, c.35). Online : http://qp.gov.bc.ca/38th4th/3rd_read/gov41-3.htm  (Last accessed May 1, 2014).
#Ministry of Health. Community Care Licensing. Online: http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/ccf/  (Last accessed May1, 2014).
#Human Rights Code [RSBC 1996] c. 210. Online: http://www.bclaws.ca/Recon/document/ID/freeside/00_96210_01 (Last accessed May1, 2014).
#HRC, s. 8(1)
#HRC, s. 8(1)
#Ministry of the Attorney General (January 2008). Human Rights in British Columbia.  “Harassment”
#Human Rights Code, s. 8(1)
#Ombudsperson Act [RSBC 1996] c. 340. Online: http://www.bclaws.ca/Recon/document/ID/freeside/00_96340_01 (Last accessed October 29, 2013)
#Constitution Act, 1982 (PART I) Enacted as Schedule B to the Canada Act 1982, 1982, c. 11 (U.K.). Online: http://www.canlii.org/en/ca/const/const1982.html  (Last accessed May1, 2014).
#Criminal Code of Canada, R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46. Online : http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/  (Last accessed May1, 2014).
#C.C.C. s. 215 “Failure to provide necessaries of life”. L. Romano points out most s. 215 cases deal with neglect in the community.  See L. Romano (Fall 2009). “Elder abuse: failing to provide the necessaries of life to older adults is a crime. Advocacy Centre for the Elderly Newsletter. Online: http://www.advocacycentreelderly.org/appimages/file/Failing%20to%20Provide%20the%20Necessaries%20of%20Life%20is%20a%20Crime.pdf  (Last accessed May 1, 2014)
#In this case, a prisoner was killed  in  a correctional facility in Ontario after  staff decided to put him in a cell with a violent offender. J, O'Brien &, R. Richmond, Wednesday, March 5, 2014 “Corrections officers at Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre charged for failing to provide necessaries of life”, The London Free Press.
#Family Law Act, [SBC 2011], c.  25.
#Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act. SBC [2004] c. 2. Online: http://www.bclaws.ca/Recon/document/ID/freeside/04002_00 (Last accessed May1, 2014).
#Coroners Act. SBC 2007, c. 15. Online : http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/00_07015_01  [“Coroner’s Act”]  (Last accessed May1, 2014).
#Coroner’s Act, s. 2 (a)
#Coroner’s Act, s. 2 ( b)
#Coroner’s Act, s. 2(c)
#Coroner’s Act, s. 2(d).
#Canada Health Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. C-6). Online: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-6/ (Last accessed May 1, 2014).
#Continuing Care Act [RSBC 1996] c.70. Online: http://www.bclaws.ca/Recon/document/ID/freeside/00_96070_01  (Last accessed May 1, 2014).
#Health Professions Act, RSBC 1996, c 183, s. 32.4 (1). Online :  http://www.bclaws.ca/Recon/document/ID/freeside/00_96183_01  (Last accessed May 1, 2014)
#Cremation, Interment and Funeral Services Act  [SBC 2004], c. 35. Online : http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/04035_01  (Last accessed May 1, 2014
#Labour Relations Code [RSBC 1996]  c. 244
#BC Care Providers Association. (Spring 2009). Residential healthcare and safety guidelines, pg. 4. Online: http://www.bccare.ca/wp-content/uploads/bccare_safety_grid_v11.pdf  (Last accessed May 1, 2014).
#Health Statutes (Residents’ Bill of Rights) Amendment Act. S.B.C. 2009, s.8. Bill 17 (2009). In force by Order in Council 708  December 8, 2009). Online: http://www.leg.bc.ca/39th1st/1st_read/gov17-1.htm  (Last accessed May 1, 2014).
#Ministry of Health. Residents Bill of Rights. Online: http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/ccf/residents_bill_of_rights.html  (Last accessed May 1, 2014).
#British Columbia Law Institute. (September 2013). Report on Assisted Living in British Columbia. Report No. 72, at pg. 66.
#See RCR, s. 64 (1)  Food Service Schedule.
#Ombuds, Best of Care.
#Ombuds, Best of Care.
#Ombuds Best of Care.
#Residents’ Bill of  Rights, s. 2(1).
#Residents’ Bill of Rights, s.2 (2).
#Residents’  Bill of Rights,  s. 3.
#Residents’ Bill of  Rights, s. 4.




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