BRIEFING NOTES, VIDEO: Hospital discharges, the rights of patients & their substitute decision-makers

Posted: December 20, 2024

(December 20, 2024)

Here is a recording and resources from our webinar “No Room at the Inn: Hospital discharges, what rights do patients & their substitute decision-makers have?” with Jane Meadus, lawyer and advocate at the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly and Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition. The focus of the webinar is on what patients and their substitute decision makers need to know when hospitals are moving patients to different units and discharging them. We receive a lot of calls and emails from people who are in distress, stressed out and not fully understanding what their rights are, what is allowed and not allowed, and what they can do to get the care they or their loved ones need.

Please find a recording of the webinar below.

Click here for the printable version of a briefing note on terms that they use in hospital. It includes clear explanations for types of hospital units or beds, allowed co-payments or fees, most responsible practitioner, Ontario Health atHome, etc.

Click here for the printable version of a resource document from the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly. It is about recent changes to the long-term care home admission process for patients in hospital and common issues with hospitals and Ontario Health atHome.