{"id":7277,"date":"2026-01-23T13:42:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/?p=7277"},"modified":"2026-01-26T12:11:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:11:51","slug":"updated-college-practice-guidance-on-medical-assistance-in-dying-maid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/news-articles\/updated-college-practice-guidance-on-medical-assistance-in-dying-maid\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated: College Practice Guidance on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The College has updated its&nbsp;<strong>Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)<\/strong>&nbsp;practice guidance following the latest recommendations from the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario. The Coroner\u2019s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Death Review Committee (MDRC) issued a report called <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.theconversation.com\/static_files\/files\/3516\/2024.3_NRFND_Vulnerability_Final_Report_%281%29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024-3 Navigating Vulnerability in Non-Reasonably Foreseeable Natural Deaths<\/a> naming occupational therapists in their recommendations.&nbsp;The updated guidance provides an overview of the legislation and how it applies to practice while placing emphasis on addressing and supporting the unique needs of client requesting MAiD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Highlights include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Updated practice guidance<\/strong>&nbsp;to help occupational therapists understand&nbsp;the unique needs of Track 1 and Track 2 MAiD requests.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Focus on complex social factors<\/strong>&nbsp;as a key part of occupational therapy assessments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Understanding and applying the<\/strong>&nbsp;occupational therapist\u2019s role for safe, ethical, and competent care throughout the MAiD process. &nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/resources\/medical-assistance-in-dying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See the College&#8217;s updated guidance on Medical Assistance in Dying<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions about this practice resource, please contact&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:practice@coto.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">practice@coto.org<\/a>&nbsp;or 1-800-890-6570\/416-214-1177 x240.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\">Version mise \u00e0 jour : Lignes directrices de l\u2019Ordre sur l\u2019aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u2019Ordre a mis \u00e0 jour ses lignes directrices sur l\u2019<strong>aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir <\/strong>\u00e0 la suite des recommandations les plus r\u00e9centes du Bureau du coroner en chef de l\u2019Ontario. Le comit\u00e9 d\u2019examen des d\u00e9c\u00e8s par aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir du coroner a publi\u00e9 le rapport (en anglais seulement) intitul\u00e9 <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.theconversation.com\/static_files\/files\/3516\/2024.3_NRFND_Vulnerability_Final_Report_%281%29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Navigating Vulnerability in Non-Reasonably Foreseeable Natural Deaths<\/a>, qui mentionne les ergoth\u00e9rapeutes dans ses recommandations.\u00a0Les lignes directrices mises \u00e0 jour donnent un aper\u00e7u de la l\u00e9gislation et comment elle s\u2019applique \u00e0 l\u2019exercice de l\u2019ergoth\u00e9rapie tout en mettant l\u2019accent sur la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 d\u2019\u00eatre attentif et de r\u00e9pondre aux besoins uniques des clients qui demandent l\u2019aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Points saillants&nbsp;:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lignes directrices \u00e0 jour sur la pratique<\/strong>&nbsp;pour aider les ergoth\u00e9rapeutes \u00e0 mieux comprendre les besoins uniques li\u00e9s aux demandes d\u2019aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir de la voie (volet) 1 et de la voie (volet) 2.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Accent mis sur des facteurs sociaux complexes<\/strong>&nbsp;qui sont un \u00e9l\u00e9ment cl\u00e9 des \u00e9valuations ergoth\u00e9rapeutiques.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Comprendre et appliquer <\/strong>le r\u00f4le de l\u2019ergoth\u00e9rapeute afin de fournir des soins s\u00e9curitaires, \u00e9thiques et comp\u00e9tents tout au long du processus d\u2019aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir. &nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/resources\/medical-assistance-in-dying\/aide-medicale-a-mourir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Consultez les lignes directrices \u00e0 jour de l\u2019Ordre sur l\u2019aide m\u00e9dicale \u00e0 mourir<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Pour toute question concernant cette ressource, envoyez un courriel \u00e0 <a href=\"mailto:practice@coto.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">practice@coto.org<\/a>\u00a0ou composez le 1 800 890-6570\/416 214-1177, poste 240.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The College has updated its&nbsp;Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)&nbsp;practice guidance following the latest recommendations from the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario. The Coroner\u2019s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Death Review Committee (MDRC) issued a report called 2024-3 Navigating Vulnerability in Non-Reasonably Foreseeable Natural Deaths naming occupational therapists in their recommendations.&nbsp;The updated guidance provides [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advanced_seo_description":"The College has updated its\u00a0Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)\u00a0practice guidance following recommendations from the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"Updated: College Practice Guidance on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-articles"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7277"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7656,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7277\/revisions\/7656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coto.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}