Workshop details

Have you thought about what is important to you when it relates to your health and personal care? What if you are not able to make decisions about your health? Who would be the best person to make these choices for you?  

In this workshop, you will learn about:

• How to choose someone you trust to make financial and health care decisions for you if you are unable to do so in the future

• How to write down your health care wishes for the future

• How your ability to make health care and financial decisions is evaluated

• What a Will is and the different ways you can make one

• How to register as an organ or body donor

• Where to find reliable legal information about Powers of Attorney, Wills, decision‑making capacity, and organ or body donation

Online Resources

For Advance Care Planning workbook and videos: 

• Advance Care Planning Ontario  

To access Power of Attorney Forms:  

• Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee
• Steps to Justice

For a guide to preparing a simple will:

• Steps to Justice

To find Lawyers and Legal Advice: 

• Advocacy Centre for the Elderly: Provides legal services to low-income seniors, public legal education, and engages in law reform activities in areas of law specific to seniors.

For help finding a lawyer or paralegal:

• Law Society Referral Service
• Justice Net: This is a not-for-profit service helping people whose income is too high to access legal aid and too low to afford standard legal fees.