Caregivers: Practical and Legal Tools

This guide aims to provide carers with legal information as to their rights and the issues that affect them.

Organizations:

Éducaloi

Year: 2022

Languages: English, French

Format: Document (article, report, guide, etc.)

Dimension(s) of caregiving:

Analysis of caregiving support

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CALL 811 (Info-Santé/Info-Social). If you need support or have concerns or questions about your health or that of a family member or friend, call 811 to speak to a nurse or psychosocial worker. Bilingual and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, it’s free and confidential.

To speak to a caregiver counselor about a difficult situation, ask questions or get a referral, call l’Appui’s Caregiver Support Helpline.
Bilingual; open daily from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

1 855 852-7784
[email protected]
www.lappui.org/en/

To find community resources offering caregiving information and support near you, consult l’Appui’s Resource Directory or Proche aidance Québec's list of member organizations (in French only).

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Thisguide (28 pages) aims to provide carers with legal information as to their rights and the issues that affect them. It offers useful resources and user-friendly tools on a range of topics, including assistance measures, power of attorney, planning for the future, taking leave from work and making health care decisions. Éducaloi’s mission is to inform Quebecers about their legal rights and responsibilities in everyday language.

Note that, to facilitate readability, sources are not cited in the document. Contact with the organization has allowed us to clarify that the information in the guide is drawn mainly from the Civil Code of Québec, the Public Curator Act, the Act respecting end-of-life care, the Act respecting health services and social services, the Act respecting labor standards and the Act respecting arrangements for funeral services and sepultures.

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