This is important viewing, it happens too easily and far too often. Shannon is a young person living with mental health issues and knows their way around health services. They have learnt to be an excellent self advocate, and knows they have rights.
For several years they had been trying to have a Mental Health Services case management plan put in place so that they could getβ¦. When Charlie moved into a residential aged care home they continued to see the family GP they had been to for many years. When their GP retired, the staff at the residential care home convinced Charlie that they should now see the GP who serviced the home, which they did. Unfortunately, Charlie did not feelβ¦. He has had to fight some battles over the years to get the proper support for his needs.
He has learnt when to self-advocate and when to ask for help. Imprisoned in aged care β how we worked to free our client Earlier in her life Jean made the decision to appoint her adult daughter as her Enduring Guardian, should it ever be required.
Simply put this means that should Jean ever be medically assessed as having impaired decision-making ability and lost her capacity toβ¦. After 60 years of marriage, guardianship threatened to break Andrew and Caroline. Caroline realised she had made a mistake. A mistake in assuming that medical professionals were there to help. Her husband Andrew, previously diagnosed with dementia, had had his medicationβ¦. She contacted Advocacy Tasmania and advocate Mark worked with her to get to the bottom of the financial situation.
Judi had been happily living in a private rental when injuries reduced her mobility and required the use of a wheelchair. Without a ramp and without a wheelchair- accessible bathroom and laundry, Judi was unable to leave the house or live normally, for months.
