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Personal Safety
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BC Association of Community Response Networks (BCCRNS) facilitates prevention and education activities with local stakeholders toward an end to abuse, neglect and self-neglect of adults in communities across B.C. Website: bccrns.ca Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee investigates reports of financial abuse, and can provide financial management services for adults incapable of managing their own affairs. Phone (toll-free): 1-800-663-7867 and ask to be transferred to the Public Guardian and Trustee Nidus: Personal Planning Resource Centre and Registry is a registered charity that supplies information on how to create a Representation Agreement, to appoint a substitute decision maker in the event that you become incapable of making your own health care and personal decisions. They also supply information on how to write a valid Advance Directive health care consent, and Enduring Power of Attorney to authorize someone to assist you or to act on your behalf to manage your financial and legal affairs.