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Adult guardianship and adult protection legislation in Canada
— recent reforms and future problems | | Author(s) | Robert M Gordon |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 14, Supplement 2, Summer 1995 |
| Pages | pp 89-102 |
| Keywords | Court of protection ; Elder abuse ; Law ; Canada. |
| Annotation | The introduction of new adult guardianship legislation in British Columbia, Ontario, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories signals the arrival of the third wave of guardianship law reform in Canada since the mid 1970s. The first wave appeared in Alberta, with the Dependent Adults Act, which was replicated in part in Saskatchewan. The second wave in the Atlantic provinces consisted of adult protection legislation aimed primarily (but not solely) at cases of elder abuse or neglect. The third wave of reform includes the enactment of adult guardian statutes that include adult protection provision. Some potential problems are examined, including: an untenable fusion of guardianship and protection procedures; an excessive reliance on potentially expensive and fiscally vulnerable advocacy services; and an increase in abuse and neglect as a result of the removal of various "paternalistic" safeguards. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-970821268 A |
| Classmark | JVC: QNT: VR: 7S |
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