Insights by
Tom Maling
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New Aged Care Laws on Physical and Chemical restraints are Inadequate.
In our submission to the Aged Care Royal Commission, we have analysed new Federal government laws on physical and chemical…
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New Laws on Physical and Chemical Restraints in Nursing Homes
The Federal Government has introduced a new law dealing with use of physical and chemical restraints in Aged Care Facilities/Nursing…
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Can I sue a nursing home for the death of a person?
On 5 October 2018 a visitor to our website posted a question to us in our ‘What Duty of Care…
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Psychological injury because of death to family member
Can you sue someone because death of a family member has caused you a psychological injury? Yes.
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Royal Commission into Aged Care must cause legal change on chemical restraints
Nursing home residents are currently discriminated against when it comes to laws regulating use of medications to control behaviour. Put simply, there…
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Can nursing homes prevent a person with dementia from leaving the facility?
We recently received a question in response to our article What Duty of Care does a Nursing Home Have? It…
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Surgical Errors
Surgical errors include cutting of arteries or nerves, performing the wrong procedures, improperly inserting a medical device, leaving instruments in…
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Medical Misdiagnosis
A doctor’s duty of care covers diagnosing health conditions and for many conditions such as cancer, infectious disease and medication…
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Psychiatric side effects of common Asthma medication
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), who is responsible for medication approvals and safety in Australia, has issued an update about…
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HIV medication linked to serious birth defects
On 31 May 2018 the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), who is responsible for medication approvals and safety in Australia, issued…
