Advance care planning lawyers serving Clarkson
Advance Care Planning in Clarkson: Powers of Attorney for Personal Care
People searching for a health care directive usually want one thing: control over their medical and personal care if they cannot speak for themselves. In Ontario, the instrument that delivers that control is the power of attorney for personal care under the Substitute Decisions Act, 1992 — naming your substitute decision-maker and recording the wishes that bind how they decide.
Free 15-minute intake call — $199 per half-hour for substantive advice
For Clarkson residents near the Clarkson GO and Southdown Road area in south Mississauga, we prepare personal care POAs with your treatment, shelter, nutrition and end-of-life wishes documented — so your family decides with your voice, not in its absence.
Advance care planning for Clarkson residents
- Powers of attorney for personal care
- Documented care wishes: treatment, long-term care, end-of-life
- Coordination with your POA for property and your will
- Replacement of outdated or out-of-province documents
- Guidance for your named decision-makers on how consent works
- Plans for aging parents, capacity permitting
How it works
- Free 15-minute consultation — your wishes, your decision-maker
- Personal care POA drafted with wishes recorded clearly
- Execution with two witnesses; copies to your decision-makers and physician
- Review after any major health or family change
Learn more on our Estate Planning practice page, or bring your questions to a consultation — the first 15 minutes are free.
Advance Care Planning (POA for Personal Care) questions from Clarkson
Ontario doesn't use the phrase people search for — what applies here?+
In Ontario, care wishes get legal force through a power of attorney for personal care, and health decisions for incapable patients follow the Health Care Consent Act, which requires substitute decision-makers to honour applicable prior wishes. The POA is the document that puts your chosen person — and your wishes — in charge.
Are my written wishes binding on doctors and family?+
Your substitute decision-maker must follow applicable wishes you expressed while capable. Clear, written, recent wishes in a personal care POA are the strongest practical form those wishes can take.
Who should I name for personal care?+
Someone close enough to act quickly, steady under pressure, and willing to follow your wishes even when they differ from their own preferences. Alternates matter — name at least one.
Can this be done alongside our wills?+
It should be — will, POA for property and POA for personal care are one coordinated package, quoted as a flat fee at your consultation. We are about 20 minutes via the QEW and Hurontario Street.
Talk to a lawyer about advance care planning (poa for personal care) today
Your first 15 minutes are a free intake call. Substantive advice is billed at $199 per half-hour (CAD), and we confirm the rate with you before billed time begins. Meet us by Google Meet video call or in person at 25 Watline Avenue, Unit GR21, Mississauga. Monday to Friday, 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM.