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Your Rights and Heath Care
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Can I refuse health care? Can I ask for help with dying when I am ready?
If I am incapable, can someone refuse health care on my behalf?
Click here to read more!
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Thank you to The Law Foundation of BC for the funding to provide education on consent rights and planning tools for health and personal care.
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In our blog Joanne answers questions from the public, highlights current issues and invites guests to share their expertise.
CLICK ON RECENT POSTS:
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CBC Radio Early Edition
Nidus President and lawyer, Ron Usher, discusses personal planning following the BC Court of Appeal dismissal of the Margot Bentley appeal. Listeners learn that a Representation Agreement is a legally enforceable document in BC—a living will is not.
Click here to listen to the podcast!
Clicklaw Blog on Personal Planning Month Events
Read the feedback from participants at Nidus presentations held at various public libraries around BC. “I appreciated being given information from a legitimate source in an environment I trusted."
Check out the sing-a-long!
Click to read the Clicklaw blog!
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Attend a Presentation
FREE WEBINARS FOR SENIORS SPRING 2015
Click on a date to sign up for a free webinar topic. Watch at your own computer or on a mobile device.
Personal Planning for Health and Personal Care
Personal Planning for Financial and Legal Affairs
Demo of the Personal Planning Registry
These webinars are geared to boomers & seniors and to family members who support them as well as professionals and institutions who serve them.
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Host a Webinar!
Help raise awareness and knowledge with seniors about personal planning and Nidus.
Host a webinar for the public, your clientele and colleagues! All you need is a computer with Internet access, speakers, a projector and screen or suitable wall.
Let us know if you want a poster to help with promotion.
When you sign up for a topic and date, you will receive a link at your email address.
Click to share our flyer!
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Family Caregiver Fair
Learn about issues that can help you in your role of providing care to a spouse, family member or friend. Visit 20+ exhibitors offering valuable and relevant information.
Presentations Include:
- Being a Family Caregiver: 10 things to consider to thrive, survive and revive.
- Learn about Representation Agreements and other legal documents—for yourself and the person you support.
- Caring for a person who is dying.
- Vancouver Coastal Health, Home and Community Care Services.
- When you are caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease.
Click here for list of speakers and exhibitors and other details!
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Help us bring you the best information in this emerging field.
Please support our charitable education activities—donations are tax receiptable!
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PERSONAL PLANNING REGISTRY NEWS
www.nidus.ca/registry
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Records From the Old Registry System Now Online!
Did you set up a Registry Account before July 2014? If yes, good news! We have moved your record to the new online system.
Notification was sent to the email address on file for the Account. The email contains a link with instructions on how to access the Account in the new system.
If you did not receive an email about the existing Account, please provide the following information:
- First and last name of the Account Holder (person who is registered)
- The Nidus ID (registration number)
- Your name and role in the registered document – e.g. representative
Please email registry@nidus.ca
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Your Lawyer or Notary can Register on Your Behalf
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Registration Agents
A practicing lawyer or notary public in British Columbia, who is in good standing with their respective governing bodies, may apply to be authorized as a Registration Agent with the Nidus Personal Planning Registry. Read More...
View a list of current Registration Agents
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New Registry Feature Coming Soon!
Grant access to individuals you trust
Don’t compromise the security of your information and your Registry Account by giving others your Nidus ID and password. A new feature will be added to the Registry, which allows you to give trusted supporters—such as your representative or attorney, your financial advisor, or physician—read-only access to view your registrations, while keeping your password private.
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