Referrals, Investigations and Founded Cases - Licensing Services & Protection for Persons in Care tracks reported allegations of abuse in licensed care facilities in Nova Scotia. The data likely contains counts of referrals, investigations, and founded cases under the Protection for Persons in Care Act. It is published by the Government of Nova Scotia and was last updated on April 17, 2026.
Use Cases
- Monitor trends in reported abuse allegations based on referral counts
- Evaluate investigation outcomes based on the number of founded cases
- Assess the effectiveness of regulatory safeguards based on the process described in the Protection for Persons in Care Act
Strengths
- Data is published under the OGL-CA-2.0 license, facilitating open use
- Last updated on April 17, 2026, indicating recent maintenance
- Focuses on a specific legal framework, the Protection for Persons in Care Act
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to Nova Scotia
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Nova Scotia
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:29:39.096127
- Geography
- Nova Scotia, Canada