Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office Explains: Substitute Decision Makers

Join us for our second educational session with staff from the Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office.

This session will cover the following questions and you will have an opportunity to ask your own.

How does someone become an SDM?
Which legislation defines the role of the SDM?
What information does my SDM receive before they make a decision?
How will the SDM make treatment decision?
What are prior capable wishes?
What if my SDM isn’t sure whether I’ve made a wish or what my wish means?
What if the SDM doesn’t agree with my wish?
What if I don’t agree with my SDM’s decisions about my treatment?