ACE Publications
Admission
- Admission to Long-Term Care Homes: Are Evaluations of Capacity being Conducted in Accordance with the Law? - UPDATED
- First Available Bed Policies and Discharge to a Long-Term Care Home from Hospital - UPDATED
- Hospital Assessments for Residents of Long-Term Care Homes
- The Role of Community Care Access Centres in Admission to Long-Term Care from Hospital
- Transfer from Hospital to Long-Term Care: Reframing the Ethical Debate from the Patient's Perspective
General
- A Brand New World: Ontario's New Long-Term Care Homes Act
- Long-Term Care Facilities in Ontario: The Advocate's Manual, 3rd edition
- This 600+ page manual is a roadmap to the long-term care system in Ontario and includes chapters on institutional long-term care, home care and retirement homes, in addition to substitute decision-making, powers of attorney and advocacy. ACE is currently working on revisions to the manual and plans to publish the fourth edition in 2011.
Inquests
Rights
- Complaints in Long-Term Care Homes - UPDATED
- Every Resident: The Bill of Rights for People Who Live in Ontario Long-Term Care Facilities
- Long-Term Care Homes Act Update - July 2010
- Sexuality in Long-Term Care
Submissions and Reports
- Submission to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care – Second Set of Draft Regulations to the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007 – October 2009
- Research Report to the Law Commission of Ontario – Congregate Living and the Law as it Affects Older Adults – July 2009
- Submission to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care – Initial Regulation to the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007 – June 2009
- Submission to the Standing Committee on Bill 140, An Act Respecting Long-Term Care Homes – January 2007
External Publications
Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO)
In co-operation with the community legal clinics in Ontario, Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) produces many helpful publications on a wide range of legal topics. CLEO and ACE worked together on the booklet 
Every Resident: The Bill of Rights for People Who Live In Ontario Long-Term Care Facilities and Long-Term Care Homes Act Update. It is also available in French - Residents et pensionnaires: Déclaration des droits des personnes qui habitent dans des foyers de soins de longue durée en Ontario and Déclaration des droits des résidents prévue par la Loi de 2007 sur les foyers de soins de longue durée. This booklet is an easy-to-understand description of the rights of residents in long-term care homes as set out in the legislation. Multiple copies of this publication may also be ordered free of charge from the CLEO website or by phoning (416) 408-4420.
Information and Privacy Commissioner
The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario has created a Fact Sheet for residents living in long-term care homes and their substitute decision-makers about the law governing consent and access to personal health information (health records) in possession of the long-term care home.
These documents are in Portable Document Format (PDF). You will need Adobe Acrobat
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