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ADVANCE CARE
PLANNING IN
ONTARIO
PRESENTATION FOR FIRST
NATION COMMUNITIES
‘Advance Care Planning’ Is Not:
•A Will
•About death
•Informed consent
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What is ‘advance care planning'?
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•Mapping out your wishes
•Determine your spokesperson
What is a Substitute Decision Maker?
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•Spokesperson
•Hierarchy
Ontario Hierarchy of SDM
1) A court appointed SDM
2) Person named in Power of
Attorney for Personal Care document
3) Someone appointed by the
Consent and Capacity Board
4) Spouse or common law partner
5) Your children or your parents
6) Parent with right of access
7) Your brothers or sisters
8) Any other relative
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Why engage in ‘advance care planning’?
•Respects your
values and beliefs
•Guides loved ones
•Aids in navigating
western medicine
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Benefits of ‘advance care planning’
•Peace of Mind
•Honours Your
Wishes
•Helps Avoid
Conflict
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Next Steps
•Understand
•Determine
•Ask
•Teach
•Preserve
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Rights
•To Refuse
Treatments
•Informed Consent
•Educated Choices
•Clarification
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Remember
•Not every care wish can
be discussed (ACP)
•You have the right to
ask questions (Consent)
•Ask for the Aboriginal
Patient Navigator
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Questions and Answers
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References
• Speak Up Ontario - www.speakupontario.ca
• Hospice Palliative Care Ontario - http://www.hpco.ca
• Ontario Health Care Consent Act, 1996 https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/96h02
• Ontario Substitute Decisions Act, 1992 https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/92s30
• Consent and Capacity Board http://www.ccboard.on.ca/scripts/english/aboutus/index.asp
• Public Guardian and Trustee Office https://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/family/pgt/
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