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;Certificate of incapability: A certificate issued by a provincial health authority after a medical and functional assessment that finds an adult is mentally incapable. | ;Certificate of incapability: A certificate issued by a provincial health authority after a medical and functional assessment that finds an adult is mentally incapable. | ||
;Committee of estate: A person or body (such as the Public Guardian and Trustee) appointed to make legal and financial decisions for someone who is mentally incapable and cannot manage their own affairs. A committee is appointed by the court, with the exception of the Public Guardian and Trustee, who can automatically become committee after a '''certificate of incapability''' is issued. | ;Committee of estate: A person or body (such as the [http://www.trustee.bc.ca Public Guardian and Trustee]) appointed to make legal and financial decisions for someone who is mentally incapable and cannot manage their own affairs. A committee is appointed by the court, with the exception of the Public Guardian and Trustee, who can automatically become committee after a '''certificate of incapability''' is issued. | ||
;Designated responder: A person from a local health authority or community agency who will follow up with reports of abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult. The Public Guardian and Trustee has an online list of designated responders. | ;Designated responder: A person from a local health authority or community agency who will follow up with reports of abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult. The [http://www.trustee.bc.ca Public Guardian and Trustee] has an online list of designated responders. | ||
;Enduring power of attorney: A legal document that enables an adult to appoint another person to make financial and legal decisions for them, and specifies that the appointment continues — or “endures” — in the event the adult becomes mentally incapable. | ;Enduring power of attorney: A legal document that enables an adult to appoint another person to make financial and legal decisions for them, and specifies that the appointment continues — or “endures” — in the event the adult becomes mentally incapable. | ||
