Dementia 6 - Legal perspective on dementia care

This is module 6 of a nine-part series looking at dementia. In this module, we look at the legislation that underpins aged care in Australia, and some specific issues such as dignity of risk, neglect and abuse, compulsory reporting requirements, missing persons, and restraint.

This course has been mapped to the following Aged Care Quality Standards:

·       make decisions about when family, friends, support workers or others should be involved in their care (Aged Care Standard 1 – 1.2, 1.3  and 5 – 5.4, 5.6)
·       communicate where responsibility for care is shared (Aged Care Standards 1 and 3 – 3.2, 3.3, 3.4)
·       seek input and feedback from support workers, family and friends (Aged Care Quality Standard 2 – 2.3, 2.6,).
identify and respond to abuse and neglect of clients (Aged Care Standard 1 – 1.2).