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When More Help is Needed: Moving Seniors with Dementia to Care Facilities

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Section 4(1) of the Health Care Consent Act (HCCA) sets out a two-part test for determining whether a person has the capacity to consent to medical treatment, to be admitted to a care facility, or to receive a personal assistive service/device: Is the person able to understand information relevant to making the decision; and Is the person able to appreciate the consequences of a decision or lack of a decision?….

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Capacity Law, Elder Care, Elder Law, Geriatric Care Management, Guardianship, Power of Attorney

I Didn’t Want To Wake You…..

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A story I heard….. Last week Zoey had the pleasure of visiting her aunt and uncle (in celebration of a 90th bday) who live in the States. Zoey and her husband accompanied her mother who took the train in (by herself) from Montreal so that we could fly together. Zoey’s mom used a wheelchair transport for the airport, which greatly accelerated their wait in security, customs and boarding the plane….

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Grey area: The fragile frontier of dementia, intimacy and sexual consent

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Originally posted for allaboutestates.ca Grey area: The fragile frontier of dementia, intimacy and sexual consent was the Saturday July 14, 2018 front page headline in the Globe and Mail. Seniors and sexuality finally makes the front page of a national newspaper. However It is much more than that and the focus of the article is on consent and how it is (not) defined for those whose capacity may be questionable….

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Elder Care, In the News

Safe Summer Tips and Vacationing with an Older Family Member

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At least 54 people in Quebec have died over the last 2 weeks due to this current heat wave; the majority were seniors. Summer has hit us hard and although all winter long we look forward to warmer weather, the heat can actually cause harm- especially to the elderly. Those of us 65 years and older, are more prone to heat stress, commonly referred to as heat stroke because our….

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Elder Care, In the News

Caring for Someone with Dementia

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I was browsing through the Canadian Family Physician Magazine (Vol 64 April 2018) and the ‘Geriatric Gem’ caught my interest. The topic is on supporting caregivers, specifically those of persons with dementia. The evidence presented is that “caregivers of persons living with dementia are at higher risk of depression, substance abuse, and exacerbation of underlying illnesses.” Furthermore, “improving caregiver well-being can help keep persons with dementia living in the community….

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Caregiving, Elder Care

Space Oddity: Why One of the Original Moonwalkers is Having to Sue his Children

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This blog was written by Ronald Neal, student-at-law at de VRIES LITIGATION LLP. Even those with the “right stuff” are not immune to elder abuse.  Such is the apparent case with Buzz Aldrin, a retired astronaut, lunar module pilot, and engineer who is now finding himself in the midst of a legal battle that may yet bring as many challenges and difficulty to him in his twilight years as his….

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Capacity Law, Elder Care, Elder Law
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