Public Guardian and Trustee - Services to Adults

Abuse / Neglect, End of Life Care / Palliative Care, Financial, Legal, and Seniors Services

Provided by Public Guardian and Trustee of BC

Services to Adults uphold the rights of adults who are unable to manage their own affairs. This role includes helping them with financial and legal matters, and supporting their lifestyle and health care decisions.
The Public Guardian and Trustee (PGT) works to protect the legal, financial, personal and health care interests of adults who require assistance in decision making

The PGT provides a range of services to adults who may need help managing their affairs as well as to their families, legal representatives, the courts and the general public. Services to adults fall into the following areas:
  • Helping an Adult Get Support and Receiving Reports of Abuse or Neglect
  • Substitute Health Care Decision Making
  • Financial Management and Personal Decision Making Services for Adults
  • Review and Monitoring of Private Committees
  • Other Protective Services
  • Personal Planning
  • Woodlands Class Action

Substitute Health Care Decision Making - Provides assistance under the Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act, for individuals unable to make their own health care decisions and who do not have a substitute decision-maker available. When an eligible person is not available, or there is a dispute in choosing between equally ranked decision-makers, the Public Guardian and Trustee is called upon to authorize a suitable decision-maker or to make substitute treatment decisions.

Toll Free: 1-877-511-4111

Public email: sta@trustee.bc.ca

Website: https://www.trustee.bc.ca/services...

250-356-8160 (Vancouver Island office)

1215 Broad Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 2A4

250-712-7576 (Interior-North office)

1345 St. Paul Street, Kelowna, British Columbia, V1Y 2E2

604-660-4444 (Vancouver office)

#700, 808 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 3L3

Availability

Service area: Province-wide + show cities

Service area cities: 100 Mile House, Abbotsford, Agassiz, Aldergrove, Alert Bay, Alexis Creek, Anahim Lake, Anmore, Armstrong, Ashcroft, Atlin, Bamfield, Banff, Barriere, Bella Bella, Bella Coola, Black Creek, Blue River, Boston Bar, Bowen Island, Brentwood Bay, Burnaby, Burns Lake, Cache Creek, Calgary, Campbell River, Canmore, Castlegar, Cathedral Grove, Cawston, Chase, Chemainus, Cherryville, Chetwynd, Chilliwack, Christina Lake, Clearwater, Clinton, Cobble Hill, Comox, Coombs, Coquitlam, Cortes Island, Courtenay, Cranbrook, Crawford Bay, Creston, Cumberland, Daajing Giids, Dawson Creek, Dease Lake, Deep Bay, Delta, Denman Island, Duncan, Edgewood, Elkford, Enderby, Fanny Bay, Fernie, Fort Langley, Fort Nelson, Fort St. James, Fort St. John, Fraser Lake, Fruitvale, Gabriola Island, Galiano Island, Gibsons, Golden, Gold River, Grand Forks, Granisle, Greenwood, Hanceville, Hazelton, Hope, Hornby Island, Horne Lake, Houston, Hudson's Hope, Invermere, Kamloops, Kaslo, Kelowna, Keremeos, Kimberley, Kitimat, Kyuquot, Ladner, Ladysmith, Lake Country, Lake Cowichan, Langford, Langley, Lantzville, Lethbridge, Lillooet, Lions Bay, Logan Lake, Long Beach, Lumby, Lytton, Mackenzie, Maple Ridge, Masset, Mayne Island, McBride, Merritt, Merville, Midway, Mill Bay, Mission, Nakusp, Nanaimo, Nanoose Bay, Nelson, New Aiyansh, New Denver, New Westminster, Nitinaht, North Delta, North Saanich, North Vancouver, Okanagan Falls, Oliver, Osoyoos, Oyama, Parksville, Peachland, Pemberton, Pender Harbour, Pender Island, Penelakut Island, Penticton, Pitt Meadows, Port Alberni, Port Alice, Port Coquitlam, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Port Moody, Powell River, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Princeton, Quadra Island, Qualicum Beach, Quathiaski Cove, Quesnel, Revelstoke, Richmond, Riske Creek, Rock Creek, Rossland, Saanich, Saanichton, Salmo, Salmon Arm, Salt Spring Island, Sardis, Saturna Island, Sayward, Scotch Creek, Sechelt, Shawnigan Lake, Sicamous, Sidney, Skidegate, Slocan, Smithers, Sointula, Sooke, Sorrento, South Surrey, Sparwood, Spences Bridge, Squamish, Stewart, Summerland, Sun Peaks, Surrey, Tahsis, Tatla Lake, Telkwa, Terrace, Tofino, Trail, Tsawwassen, Tumbler Ridge, Ucluelet, Valemount, Vancouver, Vanderhoof, Vernon, Victoria, West Kelowna, West Vancouver, Whistler, White Rock, Williams Lake, Winlaw, Witset, and Yale

Service Types Provided
Abuse / Neglect
End of Life Care / Palliative Care
Financial
Legal
Seniors Services
Ways to Access
  • Provided 1:1 in-person
  • Provided by phone

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