TABLE OF CONTENTS
HEALTH DISTRICT CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE
HOW DO YOU GET MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES?
WHEN DO YOU NEED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES?
WHEN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES MAY BE NEEDED, WHAT CAN YOU DO?
- For Yourself
- For Someone Else You Care About
WHAT IF A PERSON WILL NOT SEE A PSYCHIATRIST?
- Consent for Special Treatment
- What if you disagree with your treatment?
LONG TERM TREATMENT, CARE, AND SUPERVISION
- Family Homes
- Approved Homes
- Group Homes
- Personal Care Homes
- Special Care Homes
- Respite Care for Caregivers
WHO PAYS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES?
- Saskatchewan Health Services Card
- Temporary Health Coverage
2. Charges for Health Services
- Medications
- Programs to Help Pay for Medications
- Supplementary Health Benefits Plans
- Employment Training
- Family Health Benefits
- Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)
- Seniors Income Plan (SIP)
- Special Support Program
- Saskatchewan Prescription Drug Plan Regular Benefits
- Exceptional Drug Status
- Special Drug Authorization (SAP)
- Special Coverage
- Emergency Assistance
- Charges for Long Term Care in a Mental Health Facility
FINANCIAL OR PERSONAL CARE MANAGEMENT
- Informal Support
- Power of Attorney
- Trustee
- Public Trustee
- Health Care Directives
- Canada Pension Plan Disability Benefits
- Canada Pension Plan Disability Vocational Rehabilitation Programs
- Canada Pension Plan and the Saskatchewan Assistance Plan (SAP)
- Saskatchewan Assistance Plan (SAP)
- Saskatchewan Child Benefit, National Child Benefit Supplement and Canadian
- Child Tax Benefit
- Saskatchewan Employment Supplement (Rates as of July 1998)
- Family Health Benefits
- Provincial Training Allowance (Rates as of March 1999)
- Employment Assistance for Persons with Disabilities (EAPD)
ESTATE PLANNING for a beneficiary who has a disability
- The Intestate Succession Act
- Social Assistance (SAP) and Estates
- Discretionary Trusts
- Dependent’s Relief Act
- Making a Will
- Other Suggestions for Future Security
- GST Rebate
- GST Tax Credit
- Canada Child Tax Benefit
- Saskatchewan Child Benefit
- Disability Tax Credit
- Transferring the Disability Tax Credit
- Medical Expenses
- Refundable Medical Expense Supplement
- Attendant Care Expenses
- Caregiver Tax Credit
- Volunteer Assistance
APPENDICES
Appendix I: List of Saskatchewan Health Districts
Appendix II: List of Mental Health Regions (Service Areas)
Appendix III: Map of Saskatchewan Health Districts and Mental Health Regions
Appendix IV: List of Mental Health Inpatient Units
Appendix V: List of Mental Health Clinics
Appendix VI: List of Saskatchewan Social Services Offices
Appendix VII: List of Provincial Court Houses
