Your Life, Your Rights: Safety and Freedom in Life
Everyone deserves to be treated well and feel safe. People have rights to safety and freedom in life that include:
- Personal Space and Boundaries
- Safety in the Community
- Health and Medical Safety
- Freedom from Abuse
Personal Space and Boundaries
A person's rights to personal space and boundaries are:
- You can take breaks when needed to relax
- You decide when you need help and from who
- You have safe places you can go
- You have people you trust to talk to
Safety in the Community
A person's rights to safety in the community are:
- You can ask for space when you need it
- Your personal boundaries will be respected
- You will have information about travelling safely
- You will have information about safe places to go to for help
Health and Medical Safety
A person's rights to health and medical safety are:
- You can make decisions about your health
- You can make an appointment with your doctor when you need to
- You can talk to your doctor about starting or stopping treatment
- You can go to the emergency room for serious injuries
Freedom from Abuse
A person's rights to freedom from abuse are:
- You will not be harmed physically
- You will not be harmed sexually
- You will not be harmed verbally
- You will not be taken advantage of
- You will be treated with dignity and respect
- You will get the correct treatment you need
- You will get help living a safe and healthy life
To report abuse and serious events call the BHDDH Quality Assurance (QA) Unit hotline at (401) 462-2629. The hotline is open 24-hours a day, seven days per week, 365 days per year.
Resources
To help people learn about their Rights to Safety and Freedom in Life, BHDDH created two resources. The first is a one-page flyer, and the second is a guidebook.
Safety and Freedom in Life Flyer
The Safety and Freedom in Life Flyer is a one-page document. There are two ways to download this flyer:
Safety and Freedom in Life Easy Read Guidebook
The Safety and Freedom in Life easy read guidebook is a longer document. This document explains the information on the one-page flyer in more detail. There are two ways to download this guidebook: