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* Vancouver Coastal Health: Resource: www.vchreact.ca <br> | * Vancouver Coastal Health: Resource: www.vchreact.ca <br> | ||
* Advocacy Centre for the Elderly website: www.acelaw.ca <br> | * Advocacy Centre for the Elderly website: www.acelaw.ca <br> | ||
:'''NOTE:''' It is possible, and even common, for an adult to appoint an attorney under the ''PAA'' (to make financial decisions) and appoint a different person as a representative, under the ''RAA'' (to make health care decisions). This commonly happens where a person who knows the personal wishes and values of the adult is adept at handling health care decisions, and a more financially astute person is chosen as attorney. | :'''NOTE:''' It is possible, and even common, for an adult to appoint an attorney under the ''PAA'' (to make financial decisions) and appoint a different person as a representative, under the ''RAA'' (to make health care decisions). This commonly happens where a person who knows the personal wishes and values of the adult is adept at handling health care decisions, and a more financially astute person is chosen as attorney. | ||
