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Leaves of Absence
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Residents are encouraged to remain as active and independent as possible. Therefore, shopping trips, visits with family and friends, weekend trips, vacations, (up to two consecutive weeks per year) etc. are heartily endorsed. The resident is requested to sign the book at their nursing station, as well as to advise the receptionist, when leaving and upon return.
 

The following rules are based on Ministry of Health Standards.

 

Vacation Leave

After admission, the resident may take a vacation leave of twenty-one (21) days a year. The vacation time for one year cannot be saved and added to the next year. Casual Leave (see below) may be combined with vacation leave so that it may be possible to have up to thirty-one (31) days of combined leave once a year.
 
 

Casual Leave of Absence

The resident may have a casual leave of up to 48 hours per week.

For calculation of the period for casual leave, the first day of the week is considered to be Sunday.
   
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Medical and Psychiatric Leave of Absence

The period of leave each time a resident needs to be hospitalized is:

• Twenty-one (21) days for medical care and
• Forty-five (45) days for psychiatric care.

This means that during this period of time, the resident will continue to pay the usual costs for accommodation; the government will continue to pay its portion.

A resident may have a medical or psychiatric care leave as often as care is required in a hospital.
 
 

If the resident is in hospital for 21 medical care days or 45 psychiatric care days, they may still hold their room at St. Patrick’s Home for up to an additional 30 days if willing to pay the full rate of the room (also called “bed-holding fee”). This would mean that the resident would pay for these additional days:

• the usual room fee to St. Patrick’s Home, and
• the amount that the Ministry of Health would pay.

Residents who are unable to afford this cost may apply for assistance from a special fund established for this purpose.