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Capacity to Consent to MAiD: A Suggestion For Amendment

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I have found it uncommon for a family member or beneficiary to exert undue influence to pressure a patient to pursue MAiD. What worries me is the vulnerability of patients to undue influence from physicians who may embrace therapeutic nihilism and bias patients unduly towards MAiD. I suggest that, for capacity to consent to MAiD, the test of “ability to appreciate” should be expanded to require an appreciation of the views and wishes of supportive family members and friends…..

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Capacity Law, Disability, Elder Care, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Family Conflict, Healthcare, In the News, Medical Assistance in Dying, Power of Attorney, Spouse, Succession Planning, Testamentary Capacity, Undue influence

Developing An Ontario Specific Dementia Strategy

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Fact: -one in three adults over age 85 will develop dementia -260,000 Ontarians currently live with dementia – most people living with dementia ( like all of us) prefer to remain in their community and out of long term care homes -Supporting aging in place (for all Canadians) will reduce  shortages in LTC and hospitals – “In 2020, the province estimated that the cost to provide home and community care….

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Aging At Home and In Your Own Community: NORCS

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These last few years have made many of us reconsider where and how we want to live in our older years. We have questions/concerns about where we will live, when we are no longer able to remain in our homes and this seems to be a topic discussed regularly.  Most times the conversation is triggered following the death of a spouse or an admission into hospital with the realization that….

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Caregiving, Elder Care

‘Buy the Shoes- take 2

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I have been hearing a lot of bad news lately. Contemporaries of mine who have either died or had major cardiac/cerebral events that were life threatening and forever life changing. It only takes a few of these tragic occasions to once again remind ourselves, that tomorrow is never guaranteed. I blogged on this theme last year, with the message of ‘buy the shoes’. That blog was dedicated  to Wendy L-….

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(Financial) Cost of Providing (Unpaid) Care

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After enjoying Family Day and acknowledging the importance of family, I wanted to share with you some of the latest statistics on the “Value of Family Caregiving in Canada” published February 2022.  Recognition goes to the University of Alberta Research on Aging, Policies and Practice (RAPP) and is based on analyses of Statistics Canada’s 2018 General Social Survey on Caregiving and Care Receiving. We know that 1 in 4 Canadians….

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Love After Loss- is it possible?

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Happy Monday and happy Valentine’s Day.  I truly am one of the lucky ones and I want to say thank you to my husband of  38 years. However  we live our lives, having a loving relationship is so important. As we are living longer, I am also well aware that we all age differently and we don’t know what (ill health) waits for us around the corner. The topic of….

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Elder Care, Family Conflict
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