Alberta expands hospital triage and transitions to home care ahead of winter
Alberta announced new emergency triage and hospital to home coordination measures. Their effect on individual patients' safe discharge remains to be assessed.
Controlled · Long-Term and Congregate Care
Canadian coverage, focused on long-term and congregate care, with verified short holdings, original analysis and links to the underlying sources. A publication date isn't the same as a decision date. The dates below identify which is shown.
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A Long-Term Care Home Can't Turn Resident Choice Into a Favour
Ontario's Residents' Bill of Rights protects everyday choices, personal communication and involvement in care. Safety concerns must be examined without making institutional convenience the measure of a person's freedom.
A Group Home Complaint Shouldn't Stay Inside the Shift Report
In residential care, a concern about mistreatment raises separate questions about immediate protection, mandatory reporting and a fair investigation. The label group home doesn't decide which law applies.
Alberta v. Elder Advocates of Alberta Society, 2011 SCC 24
The Supreme Court held that the pleaded facts didn't establish a general fiduciary duty by Alberta to long-term care residents over accommodation charges. The appeal succeeded in part and some other pleaded claims survived the motion to strike.
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