ACE Library
*The following publications were written either by ACE staff or ACE staff in collaboration with others*
Consumer Protection
- Searching the "Consumer Beware" List
- Bank Cards: Users Beware!
- Protecting Consumers in Energy Contracts
- The National Do No Call List for Telemarketers
- Title Fraud
Elder Abuse
- Abuse Education, Prevention and Response: A Community Training Manual
- Elder Abuse: The Hidden Crime (Français: Maltraiter une personne agee)
- Failing to Provide the Necessaries of Life to Older Adults is a Crime
- Prevention of Abuse and Neglect in Long-Term Care
- Restitution as a Remedy for Financial Abuse
Health Care Consent & Advance Care Planning
- Access to Older Adults
- Advance Care Planning (webinar)
- Advance Care Planning and End of Life Decision-Making – More than Just Documents
- Advance Care Planning in Ontario
- Consent, Capacity and Substitute Decision-Making – The Basics
- Health Care Consent (webinar)
- Making Treatment Decisions
- Options for Advance Care Planning
- Personal Health Information – Navigating the Law
- Powers of Attorney and Substitute Decision-Making Authorities (webinar)
- Substitute Decision-Makers for Health Care Matters
- The ABCs of Subsitute Decision Making (webinar)
- The Health Care Consent Act and the Substitute Decisions Act – 25 Common Misconceptions
- The Legal Framework of Decisional Capacity
- Who Assesses Capacity Under What Circumstances?
Home Care
Hospitals
- Discharge from Hospital to Long-Term Care: Issues in Ontario
- The Role of Community Care Access Centres in Admission to Long-Term Care from Hospital
- Transfer from Hospital to Long-Term Care: Reframing the Ethical Debate from the Patient’s Perspective
Long-Term Care Homes
Admission
- Admission to Long-Term Care Homes: Are Evaluations of Capacity being Conducted in Accordance with the Law?
- Changes in Eligibility for Long-Term Care
- Tips and Traps when dealing with Long-Term Care Homes
- Discharge from Hospital to Long-Term Care: Issues in Ontario - Updated February 2013
- Memo to LHIN CEOs re: Home First Philosophy, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care - January 2013
- Memo Re ALC patients who refuse an offer of admission to a prior-chosen LTC home bed, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care - May 23, 2012
- Memo Re Crisis Designation and First Available Bed Policy, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care - February 23, 2011
General
- A Brave New World: Ontario's New Long-Term Care Homes Act
- Long-Term Care Facilities in Ontario: The Advocate's Manual, 3rd edition
- This 600+ page manual is a roadmap to the long-term care system in Ontario and includes chapters on institutional long-term care, home care and retirement homes, in addition to substitute decision-making, powers of attorney and advocacy. ACE is currently working on revisions to the manual and plans to publish an updated version.
- Prevention of Abuse and Neglect in Long-Term Care
Inquests
Rights
- Complaints in Long-Term Care Homes - Updated May 2013
- Every Resident: The Bill of Rights for People Who Live in Ontario Long-Term Care Facilities
- Sexuality in Long-Term Care
- Sexuality in Long-Term Care Homes - The Legal Issues (Power Point Presentation) by Judith Wahl - 2011
Pensions and Income
- Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security Benefits – Exempt from Garnishment
- When Can OAS & CPP Benefits be Subject to Seizure?
- RRSPs Protected in Bankruptcy
Powers of Attorney
- Continuing Power of Attorney for Property
- Substitute Decision-Makers for Health Care Matters
- Power of Attorney for Personal Care
- The Health Care Consent Act and the Substitute Decisions Act - 25 Common Misconceptions
- Who Assesses Capacity Under What Circumstances?
Retirement Homes
- Abuse Reporting Requirements Under the Retirement Homes Act - Good Idea But...
- A Check List if you are Shopping for a Retirement Home
- Can Retirement Home Landlords Pass through the Home's Licensing Fees to Tenants?
- Concerns about the Retirement Homes Act
- Information You Should Know if You Live in a Retirement Home
- Moving Out of Care Homes
- Offences under the Residential Tenancies Act
- What You Should Know About The Differences Between Retirement Homes and Long-Term Care Homes
Wills
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