Every Resident — Bill of Rights for people who live in Ontario long-term care homes (PDF 1642 KB)
September 2008
An explanation of each right in the Bill of Rights for residents of nursing homes, and municipal and charitable homes for the aged in Ontario. It lists places to turn to for help, including the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE), and the service area offices of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

On July 1, 2010, legislation containing a new Residents’ Bill of Rights took effect in Ontario. While the number of rights has gone from 19 to 27, there is little change to the substance of the rights.  The “new” rights mostly clarify and expand rights that residents of long-term care homes already had.

For this reason CLEO will continue to make available online the existing version of this publication until a revised version is ready.  An outline of the correspondence between the old and new Bill of Rights is available online on the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly web site at http://www.advocacycentreelderly.org/appimages/file/Residents_Rights_Insert.pdf