If mandatory and properly funded, the standards could help residents live with individual choice in activities, schedules and lifestyle, including sexual identity.
However neither “mandatory” nor “properly funded” are guaranteed.HSO’s quality-of-life standards will be used by Accreditation Canada, which, based on 2020 figures, said it assesses 94 per cent of Canada’s publicly operated nursing homes and 36 per cent of privately owned homes
staff-to-resident ratios; and enhance inspection and enforcement, through accreditation and regular inspections. Seniors advocate Laura Tamblyn Watts is calling for federal money to ensure provinces legislate and uphold the new standards — with proof the funds are spent on their intended purpose. The CSA nursing home standards — a first for their group — provide compliance measures for nursing home operations. The standards call for small-home models or arrangements; resident internet access; infection prevention and control measures that recognize resident rights; emergency planning and proper heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems.
“At the end of the day,” said Mihailidis, “the key concept was, one, that these were resident-centred standards and, two, that we took into account that these are people’s homes.
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