In a new 60 page report, the ombudsperson of British Columbia has called for seniors' bill of rights, thereby implying that elderly in residential care should be given every right to know the level of care to which they are entitled, in addition to knowing which facility suits them best. Also, their families have every right to help them decide and enquire.

Released on Thursday, the report is entitled "The Best of Care: Getting it Right for Seniors in British Columbia", and gives a total of 10 recommendations to the Government, and three of them have been identified as very important.

The key recommendations are - creation of "bill of rights for seniors in residential care", coming up with a "single provincial website containing comprehensive information on residential care and the performance of various facilities" and "enactment of an expanded role for councils made up of residents of care facilities and their families, with support given to creating regional resident/family council".

B. C. Ombudsperson Kim Carter has shared that the authorities have already started moving towards putting 4 recommendations into effects, but the other 6 have failed to come through.

Ombudsperson Carter's report has been cheered by various seniors' groups across Victoria.