Legislation
Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act
Seniors’ residential care facilities, including those that are private pay, are licensed under the Community Care and Assisted Living Act, or are licensed or designated under the Hospital Act, and have regular health and safety inspections.
All types of licensed residential care must follow the Residential Care Regulation and Standards of Practice, which have details about building requirements, staffing and management, recreation activities, record keeping, health and hygiene, nutrition and medication management.
Standards of Practice
- Advance Directives (PDF, 64KB)
- Agreement in Writing to the Use of Restraints (PDF, 18KB)
- Immunization of Adult Persons in Residential Care (PDF, 17KB)
- Incident Reporting of Aggressive or Unusual Behaviour in Adult Residential Care Facilities (PDF, 121KB)
- Preventing Overdose Deaths (PDF, 324 KB)
Health Authority Community Care Facility Licensing programs issue licenses and conduct inspections to make sure facilities are following the rules and are providing safe care to the persons who live there.
They are also required under the Community Care and Assisted Living Act to investigate any health and safety complaints of unlicensed care. Learn how to make a complaint about a residential care facility.
Residential Care Inspection Reports
There is a website for each health authority that lists long-term care home licensing inspections.
Fraser Health and Interior Health appear to update the website regularly:
It seems that Vancouver Coastal Health requires long-term care homes to post their most recent licensing inspection.
Regardless, all long-term care homes are subject to some form of inspection, although there is a difference between what is required under the Hospital Act vs CCALA.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LONG-TERM CARE HOMES UNDER THE HOSPITAL ACT VS CCALA
Links:
- Vancouver Coastal Health
https://www.vch.ca/en/service/residential-care-inspections# overview - Northern Health
https://www.northernhealth.ca/services/community-care- facility-licensing/inspection- reports - Interior Health
https://www.interiorhealth.ca/health-and-wellness/home-and- community-care/community-care- homes/inspection-reports-and- illegal-operators - Fraser Health
https://www.fraserhealth.ca/health-topics-a-to-z/licensed- care-facilities-and-assisted- living-providers/inspections- complaints-and-investigations - Island Health
https://www.islandhealth.ca/our-services/community-care- facilities-licensing/ inspections-reports
