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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). | ||
Practically speaking, what makes residential care facilities in British Columbia distinctive are the characteristics of the people who live there. | Practically speaking, what makes residential care facilities in British Columbia distinctive are the characteristics of the people who live there. In contrast to assisted living facilities where residents must be able to make decisions on their own in order to live there ([[Introduction, Chapter One and Two of Legal Issues in Residential Care References|9]]), a sizeable proportion of people who live in British Columbia’s residential care facilities today may have difficulty making some types of decisions without support. | ||
==What is Complex Care? == | ==What is Complex Care? == | ||