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Personal Directives (Health and other personal care decisions)

WebCapacity – The ability to understand information that is relevant to making a personal care or medical decision and the ability to understand the consequences of a decision or lack of a decision.. Consent – To agree or give permission to a personal care or medical treatment decision.. Delegate – Someone who you authorize to make personal care or medical …

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Personal Directive App

WebIt includes a course of health care or a care plan. “Health care decision” includes instructions you give, for example, consenting to or refusing care or treatment, or withdrawing your consent to health care. Your personal directive comes into effect only when you cannot make personal care decisions. That is called “losing capacity.”.

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Access to personal health records

WebNova Scotia's Personal Health Information Act (PHIA) sets out rules to protect the privacy of personal health information, and for the collection, use, disclosure, retention and destruction of personal health information.. PHIA also sets out rules about your right to: access your personal health information; ask for corrections if your health information is not …

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Seniors' Legal Info Navigator

WebIn the subject line of your email put: Concern About a Navigator. You can also call us to share your concerns at Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia 1 800 665-9779 (toll-free) or 902-455-3135 (Halifax Region). Navigators are also encouraged to report any concerns to LISNS. SIGN UP TO FIND A NAVIGATOR. PLEASE GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK ON …

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Seniors' Legal Info Navigator

WebSeniors’ Legal Info Navigators help people to create a personal directive using an online app and a guide about personal directives. The Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia (LISNS) created the app and guide.

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Adult representation

WebAdult Capacity and Decision-Making Act – the Nova Scotia law that allows a judge to appoint a representative for an adult who is not able to make their own decisions.. Adult – In Nova Scotia, the age of majority (adulthood) is 19.. Assessor – An assessor is a doctor or psychologist, and with training, an occupational therapist, nurse, social worker, or other …

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GUIDE TO LAW FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN NOVA …

WebGUIDE FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN NOVA SCOTIA Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 2020 EDITION Writing: Jacqueline R. Ruck, BOYNECLARKE LLP Editing: Wendy Turner, Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia Graphic Design: Lisa Neily Graphic Design Support for the 2004 of this guide was …

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Power of Attorney

WebA power of attorney is a legal document that lets you give someone you trust power to look after your finances and property for you. This could include the power to manage your land, house, bank accounts, investments, vehicles and anything else you own, paying your bills, filing your tax returns, cashing your cheques, and making other legal or …

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Dealing with an estate

WebA person who makes a will is called a testator.If you die without a will, you are said to die intestate. Nova Scotia’s Probate Act uses the term personal representative to refer to both an executor and an administrator of an estate. An executor is a person or corporation named in a valid will to carry out the terms of that will. An administrator is a person appointed to …

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Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act

WebAuto Insurance. Defamation: libel and slander. Lost Income from Motor Accident. Medical Malpractice & Complaints. Personal Injury Claims. Slip and Fall. Ask a legal question. Back. Ask a legal question by telephone.

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Current pro bono opportunities for lawyers

WebTax. Wills & Estates. Human Rights. Family law (where Nova Scotia Legal Aid cannot assist) Please contact the Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia at 902-454-2198 or [email protected] for further information. Members of the Legal Information Society's Lawyer Referral Service who select the "pro bono" option commit to offering free legal

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