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Discussion Paper on Assisted Living: Past, Present and Future Legal Trends in Canada

This discussion paper provides a starting point to engage in a national conversation about a critical "middle option" of health/housing in Canada. This middle option, called "supportive housing/assisted living" (SH/AL) in this project, lies at the centre of a seniors' housing continuum. This continuum is bookended by independent living at one end, and high care long‐term residential facilities at the other. While SH/AL varies in lexicon and substance across Canada, it is often broadly described as independent living that includes some form of personal and health care services.