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How to make and register a Representation Agreement.

-For adults who want to plan for their future.

-For adults who need help with decision making today.

Feature Stories.

Tools to help you and your representative.

Research and Projects Reports.

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Make and Register A Representation Agreement (with worksheet)
This publication provides information about making and registering a Representation Agreement so you will stay in charge of your affairs and choices, if you become ill or injured or have a disability. It also includes information on enduring Power of Attorney and living wills.
Published 2010.

Adobe Acrobat PDF version - Download here (143 Kb) [Make&Register Legal Plan Feb 2010]

Adobe Acrobat PDF version - Download here (108 Kb) [Worksheet for Legal Plan Feb 2010]

Enduring Power of Attorney Fact Sheet
This Enduring Power of Attorney fact sheet provides some important information you need to know for personal planning, like:

• Having a Will and everything joint with your spouse is not enough!
• A Bank Power of Attorney may be convenient but has limited use.
• An Enduring Power of Attorney does not cover health care.

Adobe Acrobat PDF version - Download here (408 Kb)

Representation Agreements: When someone needs help with decision-making now.

This publication is for those who need help today with decision-making and to manage their affairs. This need may be due to a stroke, dementia, brain injury, disability or other condition. Representation Agreements are an alternative to adult guardianship (Committeeship).
Published 2010.

Adobe Acrobat PDF version - Download here (163 Kb) [RA for now Feb 2010]

Watch a video on Representation Agreements

Part 2

If you would like to read a description of the Nidus Self-Help Course for Making and Registering a Representation Agreement with Standard Powers, Click here

Nidus brings you two personal stories of Representation Agreements in action.

Read Mary’s Representation Agreement Success Story HERE
This story shares the experience of Mary, a senior, who made a Representation Agreement with her daughter’s help when she could not make a new Power of Attorney.

Read Heather’s story HERE
This story features Heather, a representative, who shares her experience of making an end-of-life decision for a friend.

Nidus has developed two resources to help you and your representative keep things organized and prepare for the future. 

The Personal Information Record is a place to record information about people and documents your representative might need to locate. For example, the name of your family doctor and pharmacist, who to contact if you are seriously ill, bills to keep track of and personal identification that may require safekeeping. Download your copy of the Personal Information Record HERE

The Values and Beliefs Discussion Guide is a booklet you can use to help clarify your expectations of your representative. As one senior said, "I felt that I could not anticipate all the circumstances that could occur in my future and therefore was unwilling to put specific wishes in my Representation Agreement. I did however, feel that the values and beliefs booklet provided my representatives with solid guidelines to assist them should they need to act on my behalf."  Download a copy of the Values and Beliefs Discussion Guide HERE

Representation Agreements in Action!

Who is making Representation Agreements with standard powers? Who are people naming as their representatives? Do people name alternates? When are they appointing a monitor?
Find the answers to these questions in a new Nidus fact sheet, which presents the findings from an analysis of nearly 1,000 Representation Agreements.
Take a closer look at Representation Agreements in action HERE.

Representation Agreements and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

The following reports were produced thanks to a grant from the Victoria Foundation, FASD Action Fund:

Research paper HERE
This research report presents findings from interviews with personal supporters who assisted adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) to make and use Representation Agreements.

Fact Sheet on Representation Agreements and FASD. HERE

Nidus-FASD Project Report Summary HERE