Professional Development: Nidus Personal Planning Webinars

Nidus Personal Planning Webinars

Visit the website to register: http://www.nidus.ca/?page_id=220

Nidus offers free monthly webinars about the legal documents available in BC for personal planning.

The webinars provide general information for seniors and others who work with and support seniors as unpaid caregivers, community organizations, legal professionals, health care providers, financial planners and government agencies.

Webinars are viewed online using a computer or mobile device with audio capability—be sure your speakers and volume are turned on. You can watch the presentations individually or as a group. There will be time at the end for Q&A.

Organizations, please note: We use the Citrix GoToWebinar platform for online presentations. You will be required to download a small secure program onto your computer in order to view and hear the webinars. After you register, you will receive an email about the system requirements. Please check with your IT department if you are having difficulty as they may need to exempt the program from firewall settings.

Personal Planning Webinars:

Focus on our four life areas and how putting a plan in place and creating these documents affect our self-determination as we age and provide peace-of-mind for family and friends.
PLANNING FOR HEALTH CARE & PERSONAL CARE
Representation Agreement, Advance Directive, and informal tools such as the living will/advance care plan

• Jan 14, 2015   11:30am–12:30pm
  
• Feb 11, 2015   11:30am–12:30pm  

PLANNING FOR FINANCIAL & LEGAL MATTERS
Enduring Power of Attorney, Representation Agreement

•  Jan 28, 2015   11:30am–12:30pm    
•  Feb 25, 2015   11:30am–12:30pm

Registry Webinars:

An online registry service for storing personal planning documents. These webinars give a tour of the registry, its function and features.

DEMO OF THE NIDUS PERSONAL PLANNING REGISTRY
Registering your planning documents & more

•  Feb 4, 2015   11:30am–12:15pm
  
•  Mar 4, 2015   11:30am–12:15pm    

Learn more about Nidus

The Nidus Personal Planning Resource Centre is a non-profit, charitable organization and was incorporated in 1995 as the Representation Agreement Resource Centre (RARC).

Nidus is currently the only community-based resource in Canada devoted to personal planning. Its existence sets British Columbia apart as a leader in addressing the critical needs of an aging population.

Nidus is the expert on Representation Agreements, which are a legal model for supported decision making.  B.C.’s Representation Agreement Act inspired Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (2008) which calls on governments to implement legislation that ensures all adults receive support with decision making without the need to take away or restrict their rights. The Convention has been ratified by Canada.

Nidus serves the entire province of British Columbia and is located in Vancouver.

Nidus provides

• public legal education on personal planning and related matters.
• training for volunteers and groups.
• problem solving and coaching in support of best practices for attorneys, representatives and monitors.
• policy consultation for third parties.

Nidus also operates a centralized Registry for personal planning documents in partnership with Juricert Inc. of the Law Society of British Columbia.

Nidus relies on donations and modest fees for services. Over the years, Nidus has received funding from a variety of sources for specific projects. See the Funders Section of the website for information on project funders past and present. Nidus is currently making efforts to establish core funding to provide security for the Resource Centre’s future.

To learn more visit: http://www.nidus.ca/