Legal Tools to Help Caregivers

Description

The Legal Tools to Help Caregivers workshop presents four legal tools that can be useful to caregivers: powers of attorney, protection mandates, assistance measures and temporary representation. Participants learn what these tools are for, in what circumstances they can use them, and the differences between them. The objective is to help caregivers make informed decisions.

Note: The Legal Tools to Help Caregivers workshop is an introduction to these legal tools.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Know the differences between a power of attorney, a protection mandate, an assistance measure and temporary representation.

• Know what these four tools are for.

• Identify reliable resources.

Workshop content

The workshop covers five topics.

1. Introduction: What are the four legal tools?
2. The power of attorney
3. The protection mandate
4. The assistance measure
5. Temporary representation

Related Content

• Incapacity: Being Unable to Care for Yourself | Éducaloi
• The Power of Attorney | Éducaloi
• How to Make a Protection Mandate | Éducaloi
• The Assistance Measure | Éducaloi
• Temporary Representation of an Incapacitated Person | Éducaloi