Guardianship project
Historically, patients who are waiting for Guardianship matters to be heard by the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) experience extended lengths of stay with associated significant costs to the organisation since they must remain in hospital while waiting for the outcome or determination of a guardianship hearing. NCAT Guardianship Division conducts hearings for persons identified as lacking capacity to make informed decision that impact their daily lives, such as decisions related to healthcare, accommodation and/or lifestyle.
The first phase of the project aims to develop an inter-government agency partnership with NCAT to support an improvement in the wait time for a Guardianship matter to be heard by NCAT. Monitoring the effects of the intervention would be undertaken to demonstrate the improvement in the wait time for a guardianship order.
Health NSW Website, 25 November 2016, viewed on 13 March 2017 (https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/wohp/Pages/aged-care.aspx).
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