By Ontario Senior's Secretariat, 2017
Website for Advance Care Planning
This page on the Ontario Government site offers information on making choices about personal care including treatment and services, food, living arrangements and housing, clothing, hygiene and safety. There is also a downloadable wallet card on which seniors can have important information and contacts.
Subject Headings Legal Aspects, Advance Directives
Published by Queen's Printer for Ontario (2017) CAN
Last modified on 08/02/2017
By Attorney General of Ontario, 2000
Pdf document for A Guide to the Substitute Decision Act
The Substitute Decision Act explains aspects of end of life decision-making. This guide summarizes the main points of the Act. It should not be used as a substitute for the Act itself.
Subject Headings Advance Directives, Legislation, Wills
Published by Queen's Printer for Ontario (2000) CAN
Last modified on 04/10/2015
By Ministry of the Attorney General, 2008
Pdf document for Powers of Attorney
This booklet provides information on Powers of Attorney, including Continuing Powers of Attorney for Property, and Power of Attorney for Personal Care. Included in the booklet are instructions on how to fill out legal forms to give others your Powers of Attorney.
Subject Headings Legal Aspects, Power of Attorney, Advance Directives
Published by Queen's Printer for Ontario (2008) CAN
Last modified on 02/13/2015
By Graham Webb, 2006
Pdf document for Making Treatment Decisions
This document provides legal information for elderly people about informed consent, mental capacity and establishing a substitute decision making process for elders.
Subject Headings Legal Aspects, Advance Directives, Living Will
Published by Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (2006) CAN
Last modified on 04/13/2015
By Wahl, Judith, 2009
Pdf document for Consent, Capacity and Substitute Decision-Making: The Basics
A discussion paper that explains the basics of the legislation in Ontario that governs mental capacity and decision making: the Substitute Decisions Act, the Health Care Consent Act, and the Mental Health Act.
Subject Headings Advance Directives, Mental Health/Illness - Legal Aspects, Legislation
Published by Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (2009) CAN
Last modified on 06/10/2016
By Province of Ontario, 2011
Pdf document for Your Substitute Decision-Maker Wallet Card
This resource provides you with a printable, wallet-sized document detailing your Substitute Decision-Maker (SDM) or Power of Attorney consent to treatment information.
Published by Province of Ontario (2011) CAN
Last modified on 02/09/2015
By Canadian Hospice and Palliative Care Association, 2011
Website for Speak Up: Start the Conversation About End of Life Care
This website provides information and support for making decisions about end-of-life care. Topics include information on advance care planning, making an advance care plan, and choosing a substitute decision maker.
Subject Headings Power of Attorney, Death and Dying, Advance Directives
Published by Canadian Hospice and Palliative Care Association (2011) CAN
By Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE); Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO), 2010
Pdf document for Power of Attorney for Personal Care
This website provides information about Power of Attorney in Ontario. A Power of Attorney is a legal document that gives someone else permission to act on your half. This includes the ability to make decisions about your health care.
Subject Headings Power of Attorney, Advance Directives
Published by CLEO (2010) CAN
By Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, 2010
Website for Consent and Capacity - Publications
This webpage lists resources that help to explain legal aspects of access to personal health information, and legal issues related to end-of-life care.
Subject Headings Legal Aspects, Advance Directives, Mental Health/Illness - Legal Aspects
Published by Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (2010) CAN
Last modified on 03/27/2017
By Attorney General of Ontario, 2016
Website for Power of Attorney and Living Wills
This website provides information about creating a living will and establishing a power of attorney. It includes links to related documents.
Published by Queen's Printer for Ontario (2016) CAN
Last modified on 03/18/2016
Everything you need to know about Health Care Consent, Advance Care Planning, Goals of Care Discussions, and Substitute Decision Makers.
Subject Headings Advance Directives
Published by Hospice Palliative Care Ontario (2020) CAN
Last modified on 12/04/2020