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