{"id":245,"date":"2024-03-06T03:06:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T08:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=245"},"modified":"2024-03-06T03:50:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T08:50:24","slug":"1-5-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/chapter\/1-5-2\/","title":{"raw":"1.5.2 LTC Legislation","rendered":"1.5.2 LTC Legislation"},"content":{"raw":"In Canada, health care jurisdiction is a shared responsibility between federal and provincial governments. LTC legislation regulating the delivery of services to LTC residents is implemented in all provinces and territories in Canada.\r\n\r\nThe Canada Health Act defines that health services must be included by provincial health insurance programs to qualify for federal funds, however LTC is not included. LTC is considered an extended health care service but public funds are allocated to support LTC.[footnote]Library of Parliament, 2020[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nLTC facilities provide health &amp; social services to residents who require additional health care services due to physical or cognitive impairments and are supported through provincial jurisdiction.\r\n\r\n<strong>Optional Reading:<\/strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.library.torontomu.ca\/c.php?g=720371&amp;p=5149041\">Legislation &amp; Regulations - Long-Term Care - Research Guides at Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries<\/a>","rendered":"<p>In Canada, health care jurisdiction is a shared responsibility between federal and provincial governments. LTC legislation regulating the delivery of services to LTC residents is implemented in all provinces and territories in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The Canada Health Act defines that health services must be included by provincial health insurance programs to qualify for federal funds, however LTC is not included. LTC is considered an extended health care service but public funds are allocated to support LTC.<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Library of Parliament, 2020\" id=\"return-footnote-245-1\" href=\"#footnote-245-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p>LTC facilities provide health &amp; social services to residents who require additional health care services due to physical or cognitive impairments and are supported through provincial jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Optional Reading:<\/strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.library.torontomu.ca\/c.php?g=720371&amp;p=5149041\">Legislation &amp; Regulations &#8211; Long-Term Care &#8211; Research Guides at Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-245-1\">Library of Parliament, 2020 <a href=\"#return-footnote-245-1\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 1\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div>","protected":false},"author":517,"menu_order":17,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[49],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-245","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":46,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/517"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":297,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/245\/revisions\/297"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/46"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/245\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=245"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=245"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/npltc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}