Part 6 — General
37 Resident and family councils
accommodation, a resident's legal representative or any individual
considered to be a member of a resident's family under subsection
(2) may initiate the establishment of a resident and family council
for the residents of the continuing care home or supportive living
accommodation.
(2) A resident of a continuing care home or supportive living
accommodation or a resident's legal representative may identify
one or more relatives, friends, guardians, caregivers or other
individuals to be considered as members of the resident's family
for the purposes of this section.
(3) Where there is no resident and family council in place in a
continuing care home or supportive living accommodation, the
continuing care home operator or supportive living accommodation
operator shall post a notice in a prominent place in the continuing
care home or supportive living accommodation advising of the
right to establish a resident and family council under subsection
(1).
(4) On the coming into force of this section, a resident and family
council under the Resident and Family Councils Act is continued as
a resident and family council under this Act.