• Additional Information

• Culture and Language Resources
• Reducing the Risk
• Getting a Diagnosis
• Living Well with Dementia - If you have Dementia
• Living Well with Dementia - For Caregivers
• Daily Living - Planning & Safety
• Personal, Legal and Financial Decisions
• Working with your Health Care Team

Personal, Legal and Financial Decisions

If you have dementia or support someone living with dementia, you may worry about how this will impact your future. There are resources available to help you plan ahead so that the financial, personal and health care decisions made are the ones that are right for you and your family.

Practical Resources for Personal, Legal and Financial Decisions

• Planning checklist – Ready Set Plan, Alzheimer Society of British Columbia
• Public Guardian and Trustee Office of British Columbia Tel: 604.660.4444
• Financial And Care Management Services, Public Guardian and Trustee Office of British Columbia
• Plan Now to Protect Your Future, Public Guardian and Trustee Office of British Columbia
  • In Chinese
  • In Punjabi

Writing a Will

• Do you have a Will?, Public Guardian and Trustee Office of British Columbia
• Writing Your Will, Peoples Law School, British Columbia

Power of Attorney

• Power of Attorney, Peoples Law School, British Columbia
  • In Chinese
  • In Punjabi

For Caregivers: Assisting with Financial and Legal matters

• Guide to Assisting Someone to Manage, Public Guardian and Trustee Office of British Columbia
• Committee of Person, Public Guardian and Trustee Office of British Columbia

Your Rights and Responsibilities in Making Health Care Decisions

• Consent to Health Care, Public Guardian and Trustee Office of British Columbia
  • In Chinese
  • In Punjabi

Representation Agreement Resources

• Official Guide to Making a Representation Agreement, Public Guardian and Trustee Office of British Columbia
• Representation Agreement Resource Centre
• Resource for Making Representation Agreements, Peoples Law School, British Columbia

Driving

• Driving, Alzheimer Society of Canada
• Determining Medical Fitness to Drive: A Guide For Physicians, Canadian Medical Association
• Canadian Driving Research Initiative for Vehicular Safety in the Elderly (CanDRIVE): “Keeping Safe Older Drivers Driving” website, with resources for older drivers and physicians

Deciding on Long term care

• Facing Tough Issues, Alzheimer Society of Canada
• Making the Decision to Move to a Long Term Care Facility, Alzheimer Society of Canada
• Decision Point, Should I Put My Relative with Alzheimer’s or other Dementia into Residential care?, British Columbia Health Guide, British Columbia Ministry of Health
• Assessing A Long Term Care Facility , Alzheimer Society of Canada
• Preparing for the Move, Alzheimer Society of Canada

Resources for Health Care Decision Making in Late Stages of Dementia

• Deciding on care strategies in the late stages, Alzheimer Society of Canada
• Late Stage and End-of-Life Care, Alzheimer Society of Canada
• Palliative & Hospice Care, Vancouver Coastal Health
• You may find helpful information on hospice and Palliative Care in your community by looking on your health authority's website

Abuse and Neglect

• Protecting Adults from Abuse, Neglect and Self-neglect, Public Guardian and Trustee Office of British Columbia
• Abuse of Adults with Disabilities: Fact Sheet, Peoples Law School, British Columbia
• Abuse of Adults with Disabilities: Information for Service Providers, Peoples Law School, British Columbia
• Restraints, Alzheimer Society of Canada