Letters

• What you need to know about enhanced representation agreements (section 9): Guide to understanding the enhanced representation agreement.

Three-step process to advance care planning

Resources for family/friend caregivers:

• You’ve been asked to be a substitute decision-maker, now what?: Guides family members and friends to understand the role, rights, and responsibilities of substitute decision-makers in BC and contains step-by-step information to help them prepare for their role.

Questions and answers you can integrate into your interactions with

clients to raise awareness about advance care planning and share information and resources to help them get started: • Questions-and-answer-tool to help engage individuals (e.g., older adults and people living with early stages of dementia) • Question-and-answer-tool to help engage family/friend caregivers

By assisting your clients to begin this vital planning process, you can help ensure they get future care that aligns with their values, beliefs and wishes. For advance care planning resources, visit bc-cpc.ca/acpresources.

The BC Centre for Palliative Care (www.bc-cpc.ca), a provincial nonprofit created by the Ministry of Health to accelerate improvement in palliative care in BC, is at the forefront of championing advance care planning for every adult in British Columbia. For questions and enquiries, contact office@bc-cpc.ca. s Kathy Sheng is Project Manager for the BC Centre for Palliative Care.

This initiative is supported by funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the Public Health Agency of Canada.

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Fall 2121 — Seniors

Thank you for such an informative publication! I just finished reading the Fall 2021 edition on Seniors and found so many useful insights inside.

You addressed many things I am encountering in my own life right now as we deal with my wife’s ageing parents. The articles provided valuable information on what to do now, and what to expect down the road. The writers talked about not just Wills or points of law or paperwork (though they did that, too) but also compassion for their clients and families as they navigate the later years of life.

Kudos for a great publication!

Paul Dwyer is a new reader of The Scrivener.