ACE Library
*The following publications were written either by ACE staff or ACE staff in collaboration with others*
Advance Care Planning
- Advance Care Planning and End-of-Life Decision-Making: More than Just Documents
- Advance Care Planning in Ontario
- Options for Advance Care Planning
- The Health Care Consent Act and the Substitute Decisions Act – 25 Common Misconceptions
Consent and Capacity
- Access to Older Adults
- Admission to Long-Term Care Homes: Are Evaluations of Capacity being Conducted in Accordance with the Law?
- Consent, Capacity and Substitute Decision-Making – The Basics
- Substitute Decision-Makers for Health Care Matters
- Making Treatment Decisions
- Personal Health Information: Navigating the Law
- The Health Care Consent Act and the Substitute Decisions Act – 25 Common Misconceptions
- Who Assesses Capacity Under What Circumstances?
Consumer Protection
- 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
- Restitution as a Remedy for Financial Abuse
Home Care
Hospitals
- First Available Bed Policies and Discharge to a Long-Term Care Home from Hospital - UPDATED
- Hospital Assessments for Residents of Long-Term Care Homes
- 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? - UPDATED
- First Available Bed Policies and Discharge to a Long-Term Care Home from Hospital - UPDATED
- Hospital Assessments for Residents of Long-Term Care Homes
- 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
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 the fourth edition in 2011.
Inquests
Rights
- Complaints in Long-Term Care Homes - UPDATED
- Every Resident: The Bill of Rights for People Who Live in Ontario Long-Term Care Facilities
- Long-Term Care Homes Act Update - July 2010
- Sexuality in Long-Term Care
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
- A Checklist if You are Shopping for 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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