1,185
edits
Difference between revisions of "Introduction and Forward to Legal Issues in Residential Care"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Introduction and Forward to Legal Issues in Residential Care (view source)
Revision as of 20:14, 3 July 2014
, 20:14, 3 July 2014no edit summary
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Each year, approximately 38,000 adults in British Columbia will live in a residential care facility. For most it will become their home for the last months or years of their lives. | Each year, approximately 38,000 adults in British | ||
Columbia will live in a residential care facility. For most it will become their home for the last months or years of their lives. | |||
The residents living in British Columbia’s care facilities today are generally older, more disabled and closer to the end of life than residents were a decade ago. Many will be frail and the vast majority will be aged 85 and over. It is estimated that about eighty percent of the people living in British Columbia’s residential care facilities have dementia, although the degree of impairment can vary considerably from person to person. | The residents living in British Columbia’s care facilities today are generally older, more disabled and closer to the end of life than residents were a decade ago ([[Introduction, Chapter One and Two of Legal Issues in Residential Care References|1]]). Many will be frail and the vast majority will be aged 85 and over. It is estimated that about eighty percent of the people living in British Columbia’s residential care facilities have dementia, although the degree of impairment can vary considerably from person to person. | ||
Residents in British Columbia’s care facilities are often treated as if they are all the same. From one narrow perspective they may be - they have experienced major changes in their health and social circumstances where their needs typically can no longer be met in the community with the support of their spouse or partner, family, friends or neighbours, through formal services, or in other types of housing settings. However, they are also a very diverse group of individuals. Each person remains very much an individual, each with very different lived experiences. Each resident has their own preferences, values, beliefs, and interests. | Residents in British Columbia’s care facilities are often treated as if they are all the same. From one narrow perspective they may be - they have experienced major changes in their health and social circumstances where their needs typically can no longer be met in the community with the support of their spouse or partner, family, friends or neighbours, through formal services, or in other types of housing settings. However, they are also a very diverse group of individuals. Each person remains very much an individual, each with very different lived experiences. Each resident has their own preferences, values, beliefs, and interests. | ||