In the lead up to National Advance Care Planning Day, which took place on April 16th, the Globe and Mail printed a short interview with Balfour Mount, the creator of the term “palliative care”. His work focuses on relieving patients’ pain and preventing patients’ suffering by taking a holistic approach to patient care. Palliative care recognizes… View this post »
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Vulnerable senior fights back
Stella Wasiuk is a prime example of what can happen when vulnerable and isolated seniors become involved with predatory “caregivers”. Ms. Wasiuk met Pauline Reid in January 2009 at a rehabilitation centre following knee surgery. Ms. Wasiuk was concerned that she would end up in a nursing home. Ms. Reid offered to look after her… View this post »
Can a B.C. Court Compel a Capacity Examination?
Sometimes our courts will step in to address a gap in legislation using various time honoured principles such as “inherent jurisdiction” or parens patriae jurisdiction. This blog addresses the latter by reason of it being dealt with in a recent decision in the context of a request for a court ordered mental capacity examination. Black’s… View this post »