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Assets in Excess
Definitions
Person With Persistent Multiple Barriers (PPMB)
Persons with Disabilities (PWD) designation
Asset
Any of the following:
- equity in any real or personal property that can be converted to cash
- a beneficial interest in real or personal property held in trust
- cash assets
[see EA Regulation, Section 1 or EAPWD Regulation, Section 1 for legal definition]
Assistive device
A device designed to enable a person to perform a daily living activity that, because of a severe mental or physical impairment, the person is unable to perform.
[see EAPWD Act, Section 2 for legal definition]
Cash assets
In relation to a person, means any of the following:
- money in the possession of the person or the person’s dependant
- money standing to the credit of the person or the person’s dependant with a savings institution or a third party that must pay it to the person or the person’s dependant on demand
- the amount of a money order payable to the person or the person’s dependant
- the amount of an immediately negotiable cheque payable to the person or the person’s dependant
[see EA Regulation, Section 1 or EAPWD Regulation, Section 1 for legal definition]
Child
An unmarried person under 19 years of age.
[see EA Act, Section 1 or EAPWD Act, Section 1 for legal definition]
Daily living activity
Means the following:
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in relation to a person who has a severe physical impairment or a severe mental impairment, means the following activities:
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prepare own meals
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manage personal finances
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shop for personal needs
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use public or personal transportation facilities
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perform housework to maintain the person’s place of residence in acceptable sanitary condition
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move about indoors and outdoors
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perform personal hygiene and self care
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manage personal medication
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in relation to a person who has a severe mental impairment, includes the following activities:
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make decisions about personal activities, care, or finances
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relate to, communicate, or interact with others effectively
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[see EAPWD Regulation, Section 2 for legal definition]
Dependent child
With respect to a parent, means a child, other than a child who is 18 years of age and is a person with disabilities, who resides in the parent’s place of residence for more than 50 per cent of each month and relies on that parent for the necessities of life.
[see EA Act, Section 1 or EAPWD Act, Section 1 for legal definition]
Disability assistance
An amount for shelter and support provided under the Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act.
[see EAPWD Act, Section 1 for legal definition]
Family unit
An applicant or a recipient and his or her dependants.
[see EA Act, Section 1 or EAPWD Act, Section 1 for legal definition]
Hardship assistance
An amount for shelter and support that may be provided to clients who are not eligible for income assistance or disability assistance, if the regulations provide for such hardship assistance.
[see EA Act, Section 1 or EAPWD Act, Section 1 for legal definition]
Health professional
A person who is authorized under an enactment in British Columbia to practice one of the following professions:
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medical practitioner
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registered psychologist
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registered nurse or registered psychiatric nurse
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occupational therapist
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physical therapist
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social worker
[see EAPWD Act, Section 2 for legal definition]
Income assistance
An amount for shelter and support provided under the Employment and Assistance Act.
[see EA Act, Section 1 for legal definition]
Medical practitioner
A member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia who is entitled to practice under the Health Professions Act.
Person With Persistent Multiple Barriers (PPMB)
A recipient who qualifies for Persons with Persistent Multiple Barriers (PPMB) is a person who has received assistance for at least 12 of the past 15 months and meets one of the following criteria:
- has severe multiple personal barriers to employment (that is, a score of 15 or greater on the Employability Screen) and has taken all reasonable steps to overcome these barriers and has a medical condition (excluding addictions) that has lasted for at least one year and is likely to continue or recur frequently for at least two years, and which is a severe barrier that seriously impedes the person’s ability to search for, accept, or continue employment
OR
- has a medical condition (excluding addictions) that has lasted for at least one year and is likely to continue or recur frequently for at least two years, and, in itself, precludes the person from searching for, accepting, or continuing employment, regardless of their score on the Employability Screen (may or may not have severe multiple barriers to employment)
[see EA Regulation, Section 2 for legal definition]
Persons with Disabilities (PWD) designation
A designation provided to persons who have reached 18 years of age and have a severe mental (including a mental disorder) or physical impairment that meets all of the following criteria:
- in the opinion of a medical practitioner, the impairment is likely to continue for at least two years
- in the opinion of a prescribed professional, the impairment directly and significantly restricts the person’s ability to perform daily living activities either continuously or periodically for extended periods
- as a result of those restrictions, the person requires an assistive device, the significant help or supervision of another person, or the services of an assistance animal to perform daily living activities.
[see EAPWD Act, Section 2 for legal definition]
