Planning for Health Care and Financial Decisions 2025
Course Date: April 24, 2025
Total: 5h 24min
Total Ethics: 1h
Planning for Health Care and Financial Decisions 2025
Course Date: April 24, 2025
Total: 5h 24min
Total Ethics: 1h
Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)
Nadia Myerthall — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Chelsea D. Wilson — Ramsay Lampman Rhodes, Nanaimo
Chelsea D. Wilson — Ramsay Lampman Rhodes, Nanaimo
MAiD Update—Legal and Health Authority Perspectives (9:10 – 10:05)
- review of the legal basis for MAiD and changes in the legislation
- status of mental health inclusion criteria (including dementia)
- overview of BC health authority approach to a person's request for MAiD
- integration of MAiD as an end of life option for people who request it
Tammy Dyson — Manager, Medical Assistance in Dying, Fraser Health Authority, Surrey
Melissa Perry — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver
Melissa Perry — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver
MAiD Update—Physician Perspective and Experience (10:05 – 11:00)
- brief review of amendments to MAiD legislation and the significant, practical implications
- waivers of final consent
- when mental illness is involved—current status and future possibilities
- when dementia is the diagnosis
Dr. Stefanie Green — Medical Advisor, BC MAiD Oversight and Advisory Committee & Founding President, CAMAP (Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Providers), Victoria
BREAK (11:00 – 11:15)
Health Care Planning and Substitute Decision Making—Updates (11:15 – 12:10)
- review of recent significant healthcare planning cases
- recent developments in relation to provincial statutes including the Adult Guardianship Act, Patients Property Act, Representation Agreement Act, and Power of Attorney Act
Nikki Hildebrand — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver
Alexis Kerr — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver
Alexis Kerr — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Vancouver
LUNCH (12:10 – 12:50)
Issues Regarding Drafting Necessary Documents (12:50 – 1:45)
- Power of Attorney
- Enduring POA
- Springing POA
- Representation Agreement
- Advanced Care Directive
- avoiding conflicts when drafting
- drafting beyond basics
- interjurisdictional recognition
Braeden J. Rahn — Articled Student, Geoffrey W. White Law Corporation & Clark Wilson LLP, Kelowna & Vancouver
Committeeships (1:45 – 2:40)
- difficulties in accessing patients for medical assessments
- capacity issues in the context of romance fraud
Janis Ko — McLellan Herbert Locke LLP, Vancouver
Jamie Porciuncula — McLellan Herbert Locke LLP, Vancouver
Jamie Porciuncula — McLellan Herbert Locke LLP, Vancouver
BREAK (2:40 – 2:55)
Planning for Persons with Disabilities (2:55 – 3:55)
- overview of benefits
- provincial
- federal
- housing
- planning options
- disability tax credit
- RDSP
- Henson trust
- qualified discretionary trust
- inter vivos trusts—discretionary and non-discretionary
Caroline Deane — Horne Coupar LLP, Victoria
Jennifer Leach Sandford — Horne Coupar LLP, Victoria
Jennifer Leach Sandford — Horne Coupar LLP, Victoria
Closing Remarks (3:55 – 4:00)
Chelsea D. Wilson — Ramsay Lampman Rhodes, Nanaimo
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Paper: Medical Assistance in Dying: the State of the Law in 2025
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