Are you prepared for a change in your health, such as an accident or a stroke, which leaves you unable to communicate?
Do you have a Power of Attorney for Personal Care appointing someone to speak on your behalf?
Does your Substitute Decision-Maker know your wishes and values if they are required to give treatment instructions on your behalf?
Do you know your responsibilities if you are a substitute decision maker for someone else?
Join the Sunnyside branch and the Ottawa Chapter of Dying With Dignity Canada
for a 1 hour Advance Care Planning Presentation which will help you record your preferences for medical intervention in emergency or end-of-life care. We will review the responsibilities of the Substitute Decision-Maker and Ontario Power of Attorney legislation.
This presentation will be given by Beverlee McIntosh, MSW,
volunteer with the Ottawa Chapter of Dying With Dignity Canada.