FLTCA Alignment: 51-Authorization for admission to a home 

A person who has been determined to be eligible for admission to a long-term care home may apply to a placement co-ordinator for authorization of admission. The placement co-ordinator will: consider whether the applicant may need to be confined in the home, advise on confinement recommendations, assist the applicant in choosing a home, consider the applicant’s personal preferences relating to admission based on ethnic, religious, spiritual, linguistic, familial, and cultural factors. The placement co-ordinator shall suggest alternative services and make appropriate referrals under any of the following circumstances: admission to the home is delayed, or the licensee withholds or withdraws approval for admission of the applicant.