| ACE |
Advocacy Centre for the Elderly |
| CCAC |
Community Care Access Centre |
| CCB |
Consent and Capacity Board |
| CHA |
Canada Health Act |
| CPSO |
College of Physicians and Surgeons on Ontario |
| DNR |
Do-Not-Resuscitate |
| HCCA |
Health Care Consent Act, 1996 |
| HQO |
Health Quality Ontario |
| HPCO |
Hospice Palliative Care Ontario |
| LCO |
Law Commission of Ontario |
| LHIN |
Local Health Integration Network |
| LSUC |
Law Society of Upper Canada |
| LTCHA |
Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007 |
| MAG |
Ministry of the Attorney General |
| MOHLTC |
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care |
| OHIP |
Ontario Health Insurance Plan |
| OHRC |
Ontario Human Rights Commission |
| OPCN |
Ontario Palliative Care Network |
| POA |
Power of attorney |
| PSW |
Personal support worker |
| QHPCCO |
Quality Hospice Palliative Care Coalition of Ontario |
| RHPA |
Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991 |
| SDA |
Substitute Decisions Act, 1992 |
| SDM |
Substitute decision-maker |
