Did you know that if you or someone you love does not receive proper treatment in an aged care facility, there are a range of legal remedies that may be available to you? In this article, we discuss some of the remedies available for mistreatment, neglect, abuse or not getting services that have been paid for.
Aged care facilities receive funding from government and residents to provide facilities and care, and there’s an expectation they will do this reasonably. This expectation, apart from being a community standard, is reflected in various enforceable laws such as:
- Negligence law;
- Medical consent laws; and
- Contract law.
In our opinion, the law has an important role in improving the quality of care in aged care facilities and righting the wrongs suffered by individual residents.
Further articles by elringtons on aged care
- What duty of care does a nursing home have?
- Chemical restraints in nursing homes
- Royal Commission into Aged Care must cause legal change on chemical restraints
- New Laws on Physical and Chemical Restraints in Nursing Homes
- New Aged Care Laws on Physical and Chemical restraints are Inadequate
- Nursing home abuse
- How to make an effective nursing home complaint
- Elder abuse: together making change
- Elder Abuse – A Confluence of Rights and Responsibilities
- Who can make decisions about your health?
- Appointing an Enduring Guardian and Enduring Power of Attorney
- Health and Medical Law
For more information or to make an appointment in either our Canberra or Queanbeyan office please do not hesitate to contact Matthew Bridger or Thomas Maling: