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While acute care hospitals are places of temporary stay for health care, residential care facilities are very importantly the person’s home in which health care, assistance and other support will be provided on a regular, ongoing basis. It is where the people live their lives and continue to have relationships. Residential care facilities are also collective settings, meaning that the rights of residents must sometimes be balanced against the individual and collective rights of other residents to safety, privacy, etc. | While acute care hospitals are places of temporary stay for health care, residential care facilities are very importantly the person’s home in which health care, assistance and other support will be provided on a regular, ongoing basis. It is where the people live their lives and continue to have relationships. Residential care facilities are also collective settings, meaning that the rights of residents must sometimes be balanced against the individual and collective rights of other residents to safety, privacy, etc. | ||
===When is it Residential Care?=== | ===2. When is it Residential Care?=== | ||
Residential care facilities are required to provide a number of core services. These include: | Residential care facilities are required to provide a number of core services. These include: | ||