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Overview of Legal Issues in Residential Care (view source)
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* Accommodation | * Accommodation | ||
* 24-hour care | * 24-hour care | ||
* Meals, housekeeping, laundry, recreational activity programs, emergency response | * Meals, housekeeping, laundry, recreational activity programs, emergency response([[Introduction, Chapter One and Two of Legal Issues in Residential Care References|5]]) | ||
* Personal care assistance | * Personal care assistance | ||
* Other services such as physical therapy, social work and nutritional support | * Other services such as physical therapy, social work and nutritional support | ||
* A secure environment. | * A secure environment. | ||
British Columbia’s residential care facilities differ from other types of accommodation, services and support such as assisted living facilities in the types of health care services and support (“prescribed services”) that can be provided there, as well as the numbers, and intensity of services and support. Residential care facilities must provide three or more “prescribed services” These services include: | British Columbia’s residential care facilities differ from other types of accommodation, services and support such as assisted living facilities in the types of health care services and support (“prescribed services”) that can be provided there, as well as the numbers, and intensity of services and support. Residential care facilities must provide three or more “prescribed services”([[Introduction, Chapter One and Two of Legal Issues in Residential Care References|6]]) These services include: | ||
:(a) Regular assistance to the person with activities of daily living, including eating, mobility, dressing, grooming, bathing or personal hygiene; | :(a) Regular assistance to the person with activities of daily living, including eating, mobility, dressing, grooming, bathing or personal hygiene; | ||
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:(d) Monitoring the resident’s food intake or whether the person is adhering to a therapeutic diet; | :(d) Monitoring the resident’s food intake or whether the person is adhering to a therapeutic diet; | ||
:(e) Providing structured behaviour management and intervention; | :(e) Providing structured behaviour management and intervention; | ||
:(f) | :(f) Providing psychosocial rehabilitative therapy or intensive physical rehabilitative therapy.([[Introduction, Chapter One and Two of Legal Issues in Residential Care References|7]]) | ||
Any care facility that provides these “prescribed services” to three or more persons who are not related to each other by blood or marriage must be licensed as a residential care facility. | Any care facility that provides these “prescribed services” to three or more persons who are not related to each other by blood or marriage must be licensed as a residential care facility.([[Introduction, Chapter One and Two of Legal Issues in Residential Care References|8]]) | ||
It is not always easy to identify whether a facility provides independent living, residential care or an assisted living simply by its business name. The area is further confused by the fact that some businesses or organizations offer a “campus of care” in which different kinds or levels of health care services, accommodation and support are being offered in the building or location (for example, independent living, assisted living, residential care, and specialized dementia care). The situation is further complicated by the fact that some residential care may be provided in “extended care “(an extended care wing of an acute care hospital, or in an extended care building, which may be physically near the hospital). | It is not always easy to identify whether a facility provides independent living, residential care or an assisted living simply by its business name. The area is further confused by the fact that some businesses or organizations offer a “campus of care” in which different kinds or levels of health care services, accommodation and support are being offered in the building or location (for example, independent living, assisted living, residential care, and specialized dementia care). The situation is further complicated by the fact that some residential care may be provided in “extended care “(an extended care wing of an acute care hospital, or in an extended care building, which may be physically near the hospital). | ||