Grief

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When a Parent Asks You to Be Their Executor

Today’s blog has been guest written by Musa Mansuar, Articling Student at Fasken LLP It’s a profound moment when a parent asks you to be the executor of their estate. For many, it’s a conversation that carries both honour and gravity. On one hand, being chosen signals immense trust and confidence; on the other, it signifies a weighty responsibility. Executors play a vital role in ensuring a loved one’s final….

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Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Executors, Family Conflict, Grief, Trustee, Wills

I Want To Disappear: The Power of Grief

As much as I love writing about the law, it’s important to sometimes take a moment to acknowledge the people that it affects. I’ve noticed that over the past few months I’ve worked with several clients who felt motivated to revisit their estate planning after the death of someone they knew. But, in each case, the death didn’t impact the planning; the deceased wasn’t a beneficiary or trustee of the….

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Good Grief

All About Estates’ readers consist largely of professionals working in the areas of estates, trusts, capacity, tax, and elder care specialists. We are lawyers, accountants, financial advisors, social workers, and other people who live in the world of ageing, death and dying. We meet our clients as they plan for ageing, death and dying – or deal with the fall out of those plans (and lack of plans). Grief is….

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How to talk about death and dying: morbid curiosity welcome

I may be ghoulish, but I think not. I am quite interested in talking about death and dying. I’m the daughter of a former hospice nurse, a former student of a high school teacher who spent an entire term teaching about death and dying as part of a world religions class, and was a nine-year old child the first time I encountered death up-close and personal. I’ve grown comfortable and….

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Mental Health is Health: 988 Suicide Crisis Hotline Goes Live

998 Suicide Crisis Hotline Goes Live in Canada

This past week, Canada took another step forward to address fundamental changes in access to services for mental health. The 988 Suicide Crisis Hotline went live to provide immediate contact and support services for those in a mental health crisis. Calling or texting 988 gives anyone free twenty-four access to emergency suicide prevention services across all provinces and territories. The 988 Suicide Crisis Hotline Is a Start, But Transformational Change….

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Elder Care, Elder Management, Geriatric Care Management, Grief, Healthcare, In the News, Uncategorized

Dia De Los Muertos: grief and joy

Autumn is my favourite time of year. It’s often frantically busy with work, but when I have a chance to lift my head up from year-end responsibilities, I savour the reminders of abundance, the wealth of the harvest in this corner of the world, and the crisp cool air is refreshing to me after the hazy heat of summer and the bitter cold of winter. Throughout the world this season….

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Funeral Planning, Grief, Grief, Uncategorized
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