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Guardianship Alternatives
Lists products showing ways to help people make complicated decisions, like how to budget their money, where to live and work, or what kind of medical treatment they need, while protecting their right to control as much of their lives as possible.
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Managed by: Dohn Hoyle of Association for Community Advocacy
Co-managed by Kathleen Harris
Product Categories
Books, Publications & Reports (printed and/or online) (11 Products)
Electronic Media (3 Products)
Organizations, Programs, and Projects (2 Products)
Other (1 Products)
People Who Can Help (2 Products)
Books, Publications & Reports (printed and/or online)
 | A Good Life - For You and Your Relative with a Disability
PLAN's (Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network) inspirational resource guide on long range planning for individuals with disabilities. A Good Life has been written for families, advocates, friends, professionals and care providers | | A Guide to Consent
This guide explores policy, legal, and programmatic implications of topics vital to self-determination. | | After We’re Gone: A Christian Perspective on Estate and Life Planning for Families That Include a Dependent Member with a Disability
This book helps parents and families plan for the ongoing care of loved ones with disabilities. It is written from a Christian perspective. | | BIALI - II
A guide for community persons about understanding special communication styles of individuals with disabilities | | Illinois Guardianship Reform Project
Illinois Guardianship Reform Project--Final Report | | Legal Planning for Special Needs in Massachusetts: A Family Guide to SSI, Guardianship, and Estate Planning
Attorney Barbara Jackins' book is resource for parents of children with special needs and the professionals and advocates who assist parents. Jackins covers the essential elements of SSI, guardianship, and estate planning. | | Quality in Practice: Guardianship
A resource guide that provides suggestions on how organizations can improve their person centered services by rethinking the need for guardianship. | | Representation Agreement
Legislation enacted in British Columbia allowing new, alternative and less restrictive approaches to guardianship and supported decision making. | | The Nearest Relative Handbook (2nd edition)
This book tells how to know who someone's nearest relative is when subject to the Mental Health Act in the United Kingdom. | | The Road Map to the Future: A financial planning guide for families of people with disabilities
This is a user-friendly workbook for families dealing with a variety of issues and considerations when planning a secure financial and happy social future for a relative with a disability. While laws are specific to Saskatchewan, the ideas are universal. | | What are the Alternatives to Guardianship?
This fact sheet gives alternatives to guardianship. |
Electronic Media (Videos, CDs, T.V., Radio, Websites, etc.)
Organizations, Programs, and Projects
| Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network
PLAN is a Vancouver-based non-profit created by and for families who have a relative with a disability. The organization, along with its affiliates, work to create personal networks for the relative and to ensure a safe and secure future. | | Representation Agreement
Legislation enacted in British Columbia allowing new, alternative and less restrictive approaches to guardianship and supported decision making. |
Other
| Linda Perry
Linda has over 35 years experience in supporting people with disabilities. She is the Executive Director of the Vela Microboard Association. |
People Who Can Help
| Al Etmanski
Al Etmanski is the President of A Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network, committed to meaningful and good lives for people with disabilities. He assists individuals and families in life-long planning including estate planning, guardianship alternatives,... | | Robert Dinerstein
I am a law professor at American University, Washington College of Law, where I have taught since 1983. Among other things, I teach in the area of disability law, covering statutes and regulations under Section 504, the ADA, and IDEA, and criminal jus... |
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