Substitute Decision Making Quiz

When is a substitute decision maker needed? 

How do you find the right substitute decision maker?

What if you can’t find a substitute decision maker?

Take the substitute decision making quiz to find out how well you understand substitute decision making in Ontario

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Substitute Decision Making Quiz

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1. A substitute decision maker can ask the Consent and Capacity Board for permission to depart from a resident's known wish.

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2. A substitute decision maker can consent on a resident’s behalf, even if the resident is capable.

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3. If a resident has no higher ranked substitute decision makers, but one child is older than the other, the eldest child will be the substitute decision maker.

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4. Someone named in a Power of Attorney for Personal Care can appoint another person to make decisions for the resident.

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5. A resident's substitute decision maker can decide whether or not the resident is capable of making treatment decisions.

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6. Even if a resident is capable, informed consent for treatment must also be obtained from the person named in the resident's Power of Attorney for Personal Care document.

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7. Ontario's Health Care Consent Act includes principles that substitute decision makers are to follow when making treatment decisions for someone else.

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8. When equally ranked substitute decision makers disagree, the healthcare provider can go to the Public Guardian and Trustee for consent.

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9. A substitute decision maker needs to be capable, willing, and available in order to make decisions for a resident.

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10. A person is considered a resident's "spouse" only if that person is married to the resident.

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