Prescribing psychotropic medications for people with dementia without consent is a great concern and an issue that the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety will examine. As part of the Empowered Project resources, we have distilled a large amount of legal information into a simplified, user-friendly guide to consent laws, tailored to each state of Australia. We hope this resource will be useful to prescribers, aged care providers and patients and families.
Compiled by Conjoint Professor Carmelle Peisah, UNSW, Clinical Associate Professor Sydney University; MBBS(Hons) MD FRANZCP, old age psychiatrist and Nick O’Neill, LLB(Melb), LLM(Lond), formerly President, Guardianship Tribunal NSW.
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