Your role of caregiver is a challenging one – and navigating the health system can be hard. Hear from a health lawyer about caregiving

About this Event
This session with a health lawyer aims to explain some of the common scenarios you may face as a caregiver, and practical strategies to address them. When can you make health care decisions for your loved one? What if you come up against barriers in giving or receiving ‘need to know’ information? Is the ‘system’ really a system? We will use case scenarios and our top tips to help you be more informed and confident as you support your loved one.

Presenter Mary Jane Dykeman is a partner and co-founder at INQ Data Law and DDO Health Law in Toronto. In her health law work, she regularly assists hospitals, long-term care homes, retirement homes and community health care organizations to find practical solutions to legal, clinical, risk and privacy matters – including consent, capacity and substitute decision-making and difficult family issues. Since 2004, she has taught the mental health law course in the Osgoode Professional Development Health Law LL.M.