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MYTHS, MYTHS AND MORE MYTHS – WHAT’S THE REALITY?

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Over the course of my practice I’ve had clients, family and friends all make pronouncements with respect to matters related to Wills and estate planning as if the statements are fact, when in reality they are often myth. Being someone whose profession operates on fact, I will try to set the record straight. From time to time though, the prosthelizer is so certain in his or her “cocktail party advice”, that attempting to set the record straight is challenging. In today’s blog I’d like to debunk some of the myths…..

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Power of Attorney, Probate Tax, Spouse, Wills

PERSONAL TAX SYSTEM FOR SENIORS: A PERSPECTIVE FROM THE CRA

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Last month, a fellow blogger Audrey Miller wrote on care expenses and services in general which may be eligible for a tax credit in one form or another. Co-incidentally the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) was recently asked to comment on the tax system overall as it applies to seniors and gave some of their perspective. The taxpayer making the enquiry to the CRA was concerned about seniors who pay for….

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Canada Revenue Agency, Costs, Disability, Elder Care, Estate Administration, Estate Administration and Probate Applications, Estate Planning, Executors, Geriatric Care Management, Guardianship, In the News, Power of Attorney, Tax Issues, Trustee

DNR Order Confirmation Form – A Directive is Not Enough

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Clients who have strong preferences regarding their personal care sometimes include wishes or directions for their attorney to follow in making health care decisions on their behalf. These wishes or directions may include the client’s desire that the hospital refrain from administering CPR or other resuscitation. In addition or alternatively, a client undergoing treatment may have a conversation with his or her health care team regarding resuscitation and a Do….

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Estate Planning, Power of Attorney

Consent for Treatment and Conflicts between Substitute Decision Makers: Options for Resolution

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As per the Health Care Consent Act (HCCA), and equally applicable to the Mental Health Act (MHA), capacity to consent to treatment is defined as: A person is capable with respect to a treatment if the person is able to understand the information that is relevant to making a decision about the treatment, and able to appreciate the reasonably foreseeable consequences of a decision or lack of decision. When a person….

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Capacity Law, Elder Care, Elder Law, Estate Litigation, Family Conflict, Geriatric Care Management, Guardianship, Power of Attorney, Powers Of Attorney and Guardianship Disputes
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