Recorded on October 25, 2022
[1:27:12] This webinar looks at important issues that affect older clients. The first part of the session explains the law related to admission to long-term care, including rights under the Health Care Consent and Care Facility Admission Act, and options for advance planning decision making. The second part of the session works through scenarios of common challenges confronted by advocates helping seniors: how to best handle property tax debt; guidelines for cashing in RRSPs to pay for health care; and understanding situations in which clients lose benefits they previously qualified for.
Presentation materials (PDF download)
0:00 About the Canadian Centre for Elder Law
01:34 Capacity and decision making
09:11 Long-term care admission
23:53 Resources
25:01 How Seniors First BC can help
32:53 Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and related benefits
43:13 Old Age Security (OAS) and claw back
47:07 Income affecting the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)
50:45 Allowance and income test
1:00:20 Property Tax Deferment
Speakers:
Krista James, Canadian Centre for Elder Law
Marie-Noël Campbell, Seniors First BC
Nighat Afsar, Seniors First BC
Canadian Centre for Elder law: www.ccelderlaw.ca
Seniors First BC: https://seniorsfirstbc.ca/
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