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Welcome to the PPAO
The Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office protects and promotes the rights and
entitlements of Ontarians with mental illness through advocacy, rights advice
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We envision a society where the rights of all individuals,
regardless of mental illness or disability, are respected, protected and
realized. Read more about us and our mandate here.
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| PPAO concerned with Retirement Home Act draft regulations | |
On April 8, 2011, the PPAO filed submissions to the Ontario Senior's Secretariat regarding the recently drafted Regulations under the Retirement Homes Act (S.O. 2010, Ch. 11). Certain sections of the Act remain inoperative until the Regulations come into force, including important protections on background checks and vulnerable sector screenings, the use of restraints in retirement homes, assessment and care planning with the participation of the resident, and the availability of rights advice to particularly vulnerable residents.
The PPAO raised additional concerns related to the potential use of covert medication and recommended that the prescribed use of restraints will inevitably lead to abuses without significantly enhanced protections. |
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