Supporting Decision Making Capacity
Giving an edge to financial service providers for their ageing or disabled clients This Conference will educate professionals in the Financial Services Sector on Dementia, Financial abuse and Supported Decision Making. In 2016 we are still experiencing increased incidents of elder abuse and in particular financial abuse. How do financial services professionals know when someone is struggling […]
Thursday, February 18, 2016 – Thursday, February 18, 2016 200 Miller St, Map and Directions | Register Description: Giving an edge to financial service providers for their ageing or disabled clients This Conference will educate professionals in the Financial Services Sector on Dementia, Financial abuse and Supported Decision Making. In 2016 we are still experiencing increased […]
Advance Care PlanningContact: 02 9391 9000http://www.health.nsw.gov.au The Advance Care Directive Association INC.Contact: 0423 157 003https://www.advancecaredirectives.org.au/ Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT)Contact: 1800 200 422http://www.myagedcare.gov.au/eligibility-and-assessment/acat-assessments Elder AbuseContact: 1800 628 221http://www.elderabusehelpline.com.au/ The Law Society Of New South WalesContact: 02 9926 0333http://www.lawsociety.com.au/ LawAccessContact: 1300 888 529http://www.lawassist.lawaccess.nsw.gov.au/lawassist/lawassist_index.html My Aged Care: Department of Health, Help to stay at home.Contact: 1800 200 […]
Our keynote speaker Associate Professor Carmelle Peisah Bio: Old Age Psychiatrist; Clinical Director Specialised Mental Health Services for Older People, Northern Sydney Local Health District, Australia; President Capacity Australia; Conjoint Associate Professor, University NSW; Clinical Associate Professor Sydney University; Chair of the International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA) Taskforce/Shared Interest Group on Capacity; Co-author with Mr […]
Our keynote speaker Associate Professor Carmelle Peisah Bio: Old Age Psychiatrist; Clinical Director Specialised Mental Health Services for Older People, Northern Sydney Local Health District, Australia; President Capacity Australia; Conjoint Associate Professor, University NSW; Clinical Associate Professor Sydney University; Chair of the International Psychogeriatric Association (IPA) Taskforce/Shared Interest Group on Capacity; Co-author with Mr […]
Capacity Australia’s vision is an inclusive community that respects individual’s abilities and which empowers people to make their own decisions with necessary supports when required. As a self-funded charity, Capacity Australia gratefully accepts any monetary donation, big or small.
Capacity Australia is a not-for-profit charity that promotes autonomy of decision-making. We believe that while autonomy of decision-making is paramount, it is equally important to ensure that where a person lacks capacity to make their own decisions, the necessary safeguards are in place to prevent abuse, neglect and exploitation. We are a group of dedicated […]
Moderator Prof. Andrew Byrnes Professor of International Law, UNSW Sydney For the Affirmative Prof. Gerard Quinn Professor Emeritus in Law at the National University of Ireland (Galway) Prof. Israel (Issi) Doron Department of Gerontology & Head of the Center for Research and Study of Aging Past President – Israel Society of Gerontology University of Haifa, […]
The 1st Annual International Capacity Conference “Capacity, Ethics and the Prevention of Abuse” was held in Hong Kong on 20th September 2014 and the event was a huge success. Experts from around the world joined to discuss matters related to human rights and decision-making capacity and positive feedback has arrived that we would like to share with all.
Activity Speaker Topic 8.00- 8.30 Registration 8.30- 8.45 Welcome and opening address Professor Helen Chiu 8.45- 9.15 Keynote address Ass/Prof Carmelle Peisah, Australia Supported decision making: putting our actions where our mouths are in human rights 9.15- 9.45 Plenary Ass/Professor Joshua Tsoh, Hong Kong Guardianship laws and surrogate decision-making practices in […]
Activity Speaker Topic 8.00- 8.30 Registration 8.30- 8.45 Welcome and opening address Professor Helen Chiu 8.45- 9.15 Keynote address Ass/Prof Carmelle Peisah, Australia Supported decision making: putting our actions where our mouths are in human rights 9.15- 9.45 Plenary Ass/Professor Joshua Tsoh, Hong Kong Guardianship laws and surrogate decision-making practices in […]
Capacity and end of life Reutens S., Peisah C. (2012) Capacity at the end of life: uneasy paternalism (letter) Med J Australia 196 (5): 312. Ryan CJ (1996) Betting your life: an argument against certain advance directives. Journal of Medical Ethics; 22(2):95-9. Ryan C.J.(1998) Matters of life and death: the challenge of CPR decision making: how can we improve […]
Capacity and the Law “Capacity and the Law” by Nick O’Neill and Carmelle Peisah, is the first book to deal comprehensively with the issue of capacity and the common law and statute law in Australia over a wide range of the situations in which questions of capacity arise. Capacity Toolkit The Capacity Toolkit, produced by […]