Supported Decision-Making Service

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Supported Decision-Making Service for Persons with Disabilities | Service Model
The Human Rights Center for People with Disabilitis
Areas of support may be numerous and diverse. Sometimes a person knows in which areas
they wish to receive decision-making support, and sometimes it is part of the supporter's role
to help the person identify these areas. Areas of support should be prioritized according to the
person's wishes, the limitations in the scope of the support and the issues which are important
to the supported person. The following is a partial list of issues that preoccupy any person and
may be the area of support. As emphasized below, some of these issues – for instance housing
and employment – have regulated support services. One of the supporter's roles is to help the
supported person access and use available support sources. The person may choose not to use
the available services and instead attempt to advocate for themselves. In this case, the supporter's
role is to explain the ramifications of this choice, its advantages and disadvantages, rather than
substitute the services available with respect to this issue. The following chart demonstrates the
range of issues that may be included in the support.
Personal affairs · Choosing living
accommodations
· Employment
· Family relations
· Social relations
· Leisure activities
· Vacation
· Intimate relations
· Home
maintenance
· Education
· Exhaustion of
rights
· Personal disputes
Areas of
support 1
Health Issues · Preventive care
· Handling a
medical problem
· Medication
· Hospitalization
· Dental care
· Health
insurance
· Alternative
medicine
· Fitness and
nutrition
Financial Issues · Budget balancing
· Benefit
management
· Bank account
management
· Property
management
· Automatic
payment
management
· Debt management
· Inheritance
· Financial
exploitation
· Investments
· Legal financial
proceedings
· Exhaustion of
proprietary rights