Part 2 Office of the Long-Term Care Homes Resident and Family Adviser & Regulations

Question 1

Office of the Long-Term Care Homes Resident and Family Adviser
40 The Minister may establish an Office of the Long-Term Care Homes Resident and Family Adviser to,

Answer 1

(a) assist and provide information to residents and their families and others;

(b) advise the Minister on matters and issues concerning the interests of residents; and

(c) perform any other functions provided for in the regulations or assigned by the Minister.

Question 2

Regulations

Answer 2

41 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Part.

Question 3

Specific inclusions
(2) Without restricting the generality of subsection (1), the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,

Answer 3

(a) governing anything that a licensee is required to do, ensure or provide under this Part, including establishing standards or outcomes that must be met;

(b) governing temperature requirements for long-term care homes;

(c) requiring and governing the assessment and classification of residents for the purpose of determining care requirements and other needs of residents;

(d) governing the mission statements provided for in section 4 and the requirements under that section;

(e) governing plans of care, including governing their development and implementation and setting requirements in addition to what is required under section 6;

(f) setting higher targets, interim targets and extended target dates for the purposes of sections 8 and 9 and generally respecting the application of those sections, including setting the applicable calculation periods;

(g) governing the meaning of “number of hours of direct care actually worked” and “resident days” for the purposes of sections 8 and 9;

(h) defining “allied health care professional” for the purposes of section 9;

(i) defining “regular nursing staff” for the purposes of subsection 11 (3);

(j) requiring certain classes of long-term care homes to have more registered nurses on duty than are required by subsection 11 (3) and providing for rules governing such a requirement;

(k) respecting and governing palliative care and the development of a palliative care philosophy for the purposes of section 12;

(l) governing the requirements of the infection prevention and control program under section 23, and prescribing conditions and requirements that must be complied with under that section;

(m) requiring certain classes of long-term care homes to have more infection prevention and control leads appointed than are required by subsection 23 (4);

(n) governing responsibilities that an infection prevention and control lead is required to perform;

(o) providing for the qualification of an infection prevention and control lead for the purposes of subsection 23 (5);

(p) governing the format and other requirements for complaints for the purposes of clause 26 (1) (c) and governing the accompanying documentation for the purposes of subsection 26 (2);

(q) specifying, for the purposes of paragraph 4 of subsection 28 (1) and paragraph 5 of subsection 29 (1), what constitutes misuse or misappropriation of a resident’s money;

(r) specifying, for the purposes of paragraph 5 of subsection 28 (1) and paragraph 6 of subsection 29 (1), what constitutes misuse or misappropriation of funding provided to a licensee;

(s) providing for additional persons and entities for the purposes of clause 30 (1) (c), and governing exceptions for the purposes of subsection 30 (2);

(t) governing the confining of residents, including the setting of requirements in addition to those set out in this Part;

(u) providing for anything that under this Part may or must be provided for in regulations, or that is to be done in compliance with or in accordance with the regulations.