Welcome to ACE
The Advocacy Centre for the Elderly is a community based legal clinic for low income senior citizens. ACE is managed by a volunteer board of directors at least half of whom are seniors. ACE is funded through Legal Aid Ontario and is the first legal clinic in Canada to specialize in the legal problems of seniors.
ACE provides direct legal services to low-income seniors, public legal education, and engages in law reform activities. ACE services and activities are in relation to areas of law of special importance to the seniors' population.
ACE in the News
- Orillia Packet&Times - Homes 'way behind' - May 7, 2012
- The Barrie Examiner - Fatal fire had help: INQUEST - Orillia blaze claimed the lives of four seniors - May 5, 2012
- Orillia Packet&Times - Zoning confusion may have played role in fire - April 28, 2012
- The Barrie Examiner - Lessons learned? : Fire inquest continues - April 26, 2012
- Firefighting in Canada -Muskoka Heights owner says fire rules are daunting - April 26, 2012
- The Barrie Examiner - Thousands of dollars in fines still unpaid - April 26, 2012
- The Barrie Examiner -Firefighters recall fatal retirement home blaze - April 18, 2012
- The Barrie Examiner -Family members speak out at retirement home inquest - April 17, 2012
- The Toronto Star - Licensing of Ontario retirement homes begins - April 16, 2012
- The Windsor Star - Long-term care picks take thought - January 13, 2012
- The Windsor Star - Backlog forces hospital to cancel surgery - January 12, 2012
- The Toronto Star - Nursing homes take healthier residents over sicker ones, expert charges - December 13, 2011
- The Hamilton Spectator - Forced apart after nearly 70 years - November 1, 2011
- The Toronto Star - He was a titan of Toronto social justice. Now he's sick and needs a home - October 15, 2011
ACE in Action
Judith Wahl, Executive Director at The Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (ONPEA) Video Conference and Webcast - February 14, 2012
Jane Meadus, Institutional Advocate on CBC Radio One, Ontario Today with Rita Celli - November 1, 2011
Judith Wahl, Executive Director at World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) 6th Anniversary, Toronto, ON - June 15, 2011
Jane Meadus, Institutional Advocate at Ontario Long-Term Care Association, Applied Research Education Day - November 23, 2010
- Part 1 - Decisions: Issues of Consent and Substitute Decision-Making in Long-Term Care
- Part 2 - Decisions: Issues of Consent and Substitute Decision-Making in Long- Term Care
Judith Wahl, Executive Director delivering Public Legal Education Webinars, CLEOnet:
- Advance Care Planning - June 10, 2010
- Health Care Consent - June 9, 2010
- Powers of Attorney and Substitute Decision-Making Authorities - May 27, 2010
- The ABCs of Subsitute Decision Making - May 26, 2010
- Elder Abuse - July 5, 2010
In Other News
- Standard Freeholder, Cornwall -Victory for whistleblowers - November 1, 2011
- The Toronto Star - He was a titan of social justice. Now he's sick and has no secure home - October 14, 2011
- The Toronto Star - Elder abuse not what it seems - October 11, 2011
What's New?
- Every Resident: Bill of Rights for people who live in Ontario long-term care homes (Dec. 2011) - NOW AVAILABLE! - English Version | French Version
- Submission of the Advocacy Centre to the Long-Term Care Task Force - March 19, 2012
- Submission of the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly concerning the Ontario Human Rights Review 2011-12 - March 1, 2012
- Submission to the Minister Responsible for Seniors (Ontario Seniors' Secretariat) Concerning Phase 2a of the Proposed Initial Draft Regulations made under the Retirement Homes Act, 2010 - February 23, 2012
- The Duty (or Not) to Report: Options in Elder Abuse Response, Presented by Judith Wahl for The Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse Video Conference and Webcast - February 14, 2012
- ACE Submission to Toronto City Council Concerning the 2012 Budget - January 2012
- ACE's Fall/Winter 2011 Newsletter - November 2011
- Submission to the Law Commission of Ontario on the Draft Framework for the law as it Affects Older Adults - November 2011
- Submission to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care on the Personal Support Worker Registry - July 2011
- ACE's Summer 2011 Newsletter - June 2011
- Submission to the Minister Responsible for Seniors (Ontario Seniors' Secretariat) with respect to Phase Two of the Proposed Initial Draft Regulations made under the Retirement Homes Act, 2010 - June 2011
- Submission to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care: Proposed amendments to Ontario Regulation 79/10 under the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007 - May 2011
- Submission to the Minister Responsible for Seniors (Ontario Seniors' Secretariat): Proposed Initial Draft Regulations, Retirement Homes Act, 2010 - April 2011
- Submission to the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services: A Consultation on Fire Safety for Vulnerable Residents of Ontario - March 2011
- ACE Response to Ministry of Health and Long-term Care Memo Re Crisis Designation and First Available Bed Policy dated February 23, 2011 - March 1, 2011
- Memo Re Crisis Designation and First Available Bed Policy, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care - February 23, 2011
- Discharge from Hospital to Long-Term Care: Issues in Ontario - Updated December 2010
- A Brand New World: Ontario's New Long-Term Care Homes Act - Updated October 2010
- Remarks by the Honourable Patrick LeSage at ACE's AGM - September 28, 2010
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