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Hot Tip for Family Resilience!

Heads up! Is your ex-spouse still entitled to your estate? Maybe. 

In BC since 2018, remarriage does NOT invalidate your will
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So your very first task after the wedding ceremony is to review and rewrite your will - and your new spouse should do the same.
"When to change your will"

Emergencies

In an Emergency
  • Know when/who to call for help, and when it is more serious than a family/friend should manage with you
  • 911 - Fire, Police, Ambulance (about 911​)
  • 811 - Nursing Hotline (about 811)​
  • Voyent Alert app on phone
  • BC Provincial Emergency Alert info
Child Care in Merritt
  • Strong Start (SD 58)
  • White Bear Daycare​
Children and Teens
  • Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or live chat counselling on the website.
  • Kids Help Phone - online info topics for kids
Good Health Info Sources
  • Drug interactions checker​
  • Mayo Clinic health info
  • National Institute of Health (US medical research)
  • Medline Plus health info
  • Health Canada
  • Nutrition - Dieticians resources list​
  • McMaster Optimal Ageing portal
  • BC Cancer cancer info, services
  • Women's Health​
  • Women's Health Issues and dangerous products
  • Seniors' Guide to Cancer
  • Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation
  • MedicAlert bracelet 

Health Information

Keep Good Health records
  •  Make a medications/conditions list ready and post it on your refrigerator for 911 and have a copy in your wallet  
    • examples as pdf, doc, rtf 
  •  Interior Health MyHealthPortal for your lab test results and reports
  • Knowledge is the Best Medicine - about medications and keeping a record
  •  Keep a folder for personal "Health" information - copies of reports, surgeries, test results, etc.​ 
  • Your health records may not be immediately available to ER, or to other health regions, or when you change doctors or are traveling.  Have your own health summary ready.
Children and Teens
  • Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868 or live chat counselling on the website.
  • Kids Help Phone - online info topics for kids
  • Active for Life activities for children
  • Young Caregivers Knowledge Centre for caregivers who are 5-25 and their families​
  • Child Passenger Safety Association of Canada
Mental Health Resources
  • The Canadian Mental Health Association has a 24-hour helpline: 1-833- 456-4566 
  • Klinic Crisis Line 1-888-322-3019 
  • Crisis Line Association of BC
1-800-SUICIDE (24 hours): 1-800-784-2433
Mental Health Support (24 hours): 310-6789
  • Mental Health Conditions info
  • CounsellingBC.com - directory of online and in-person counsellors in BC
  • Ask Wellness​
  • BC Health Link​
  •  Canadian Mental Health​
  • Autism - EmbraceAutism.com
  • video - "9 signs of poor boundaries" ​​

Staying Healthy

Specific Health Topics​  
  • Drug interactions:
    • Drug interactions checker
    • UBC Pharmacists Support for Patients
    • UBC Pharmacists Clinic - drug interactions video for patients​
  • Diabetes
    • Prevent or Delay Type 2 video
    • Tests and Following Up video. 
    • Other effects of diabetes
  • Ticks / Lyme disease
  • Eye Diseases list - Fighting Blindness 
  • Bats and Rabies
  • Tourettes resources
  • Irlen Syndrome (perceptual processing disorder)
  • NIH "undiagnosed diseases"
Family Life Resources
  • Nicola Family Therapy 
  • BC211.ca - phone help to find the right government department for your needs
  • Interior Community Services housing, youth, seniors, food security
  • Financial Planning for Disabled Persons
  • Future Planning Toolbox
  •  Internet for Good - Telus internet access for low-income families
  • Best Free Advice for parents (NYT article)
  • Girl Guides  local chapters map
  • Preventing SIDS in babies
  • Autism - EmbraceAutism.com
  • Pets
    • Living with a dog
    • Dog trainer ethics 
  • Dog boarding kennels 
    • Lexi’s K-9 Services  
    • ​​Honors K-9 Retreat Boarding Kennels
  • Just for fun - live cams: Explore.org
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