Everyone has legal questions about the laws that affect our lives. These may change over time as we grow up, move into the workforce, buy our first home, start a family, care for aging parents, plan for retirement and become seniors ourselves.
This booklet was produced as part of the Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia Seniors Legal Planning Project. The objectives of the project are to:
- Increase seniors’ knowledge and understanding about arranging their legal affairs
- Increase the knowledge and understanding of family members, friends, caregivers, and practitioners/service providers working with seniors and their families, about both the legal-financial issues pertinent to seniors and the available resources and supports.
Seniors and service providers helped develop the list of topics included in the booklet by participating in focus groups and surveys.
Of course, many of these topics are not only relevant to seniors. For example, any adult may need to write a will or a power of attorney, or they may be targeted by a scam.
You may read the booklet from cover to cover or you may just want to read the topics that most interest you. As you read through the booklet, you will find legal words which are in bold type. At the end of the booklet there is a glossary which tells you what these words mean.
It is not possible to cover all the legal issues that might interest everyone. You can find information on a variety of other legal issues on the Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia website at: www.legalinfo.org