ACE Advocacy Centre for the Elderly
ARCH ARCH Disability Law Centre
CAO Capacity Assessment Office
CCAC Community Care Access Centre
CCB Consent and Capacity Board
COP Court of Protection of England and Wales
CPP Canada Pension Plan
CRPD Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
DDO Dykeman Dewhirst O’Brien LLP
HCCA Health Care Consent Act, 1996
HQO Health Quality Ontario
HRTO Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario
LAO Legal Aid Ontario
LCO Law Commission of Ontario
LHSIA Local Health System Integration Act, 2006
LHIN Local Health Integration Network
LRC Law Reform Commission
LTCHA Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007
MAG Ministry of the Attorney General
MCA Mental Capacity Act, 2005, England and Wales
MHA Mental Health Act
MLP Medico-Legal Partnership
MOHLTC Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
NICE National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly
OAS Old Age Security
ODSP Ontario Disability Support Program
OHRC Ontario Human Rights Commission
PBLO Pro Bono Law Ontario
PGT Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee
PHIPA Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004
POA Power of attorney
POAPC Power of attorney for personal care
RDSP Registered Disability Savings Plan
RHPA Regulated Health Professions Act
SDA Substitute Decisions Act, 1992
SDM Substitute decision-maker
SPGO Statewide Public Guardianship Office
VCAT Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
VLRC Victorian Law Reform Commission