Question

When working in an aged care facility it is important to be aware of the legal and ethical considerations and possible assessment tools relevant to the older person. For each area below, define and determine the legal aspects surrounding both the legislation or assessment tool and its relevance to the aged care sector (in 40-60 words each).

Question 1 Advance care directives

Answer 1

Advance care directives is the formalized vertion of the advance care plan made under the Medical Treatment Planning and decisions Act 2016.It outlines our preferances for our future care along with our beliefs,values and our goals.an advance care directive means we can formally appoint a substitute decision maker for when we can no longer make decisions ourselfs. Advance care directives is not about old age.This help the people to planning for health care in the future .if the person is unable to speak,The doctor and family members have the right to making decisions for the person.An advanced directives allows the space for to express our values and desires related to end of life care.So that an advance care directive is an important part of advanced care planning. We can only make a valid advance care directives only over 18 years because of the decision making capacity about the things like legal matters,medical and health care matters,financial matters,personal matters.An institutrional directive with legally binding instructions about future medical treatment consent choose based on our demands.