❓ Question raises concerns about nursing homes seeking guardianship of elderly patients to exclude relatives from healthcare decisions, potentially involving violence restraining orders. The Minister was unaware of the issue.
AnsweredQoN 8746Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to an emerging practice of nursing home proprietors or health professionals applying to the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) for state guardianship of elderly and infirm patients in order to exclude relatives with capacity from participating in decisions on health care for their loved ones, and in some cases also seeking violence restraining orders, and I ask:
(a) is the government aware of this issue;
(b) what steps is the Minister taking to address this issue;
(c) has the Minister raised the issue with the Attorney General or the Minister for Health; and
(d) if not, why not?
(a) is the government aware of this issue;
(b) what steps is the Minister taking to address this issue;
(c) has the Minister raised the issue with the Attorney General or the Minister for Health; and
(d) if not, why not?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
6 November 2012
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Seniors and Volunteering
Response time
41 days
(a) This matter has not been raised with the Minister for Seniors and Volunteering.
(b - d) Not applicable
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
http://www.rtlib.com
(b - d) Not applicable
Notice: This document is created or edited using unregistered or evaluation copy of rtLib valid for testing or development purposes only. To use it for productive or any other purposes please register it. You may purchase the license on
http://www.rtlib.com
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.