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4140880602 Assessment Activity Aged Care

Task: Describe in 50 words or so your understanding of the following

 Informed consent
 Enduring power of attorney
 Adult guardian
 Advance health directive

Informed consent: Informed consent is a condition of law where the

person can be said to have given consent in written form upon appreciation and
understanding of and all the facts and implications of the proposed action being laid
before the person in question.

In such the individual needs and reasoning faculties are not impaired at the time of
consenting.

Enduring Power of Attorney: Is a person or piece of paper mandated in

commonwealth law as an authorization to act on someone else’s behalf in a legal or
business matter.

Adult guardian: Adult guardian or under Commonwealth Law legal

guardian is a person who has a duty of care of the person and property interests of that
person.

The guardian by law cares for the interests of the person known as the ward; by default it
is the parents of the ward who are the guardians and later he/she can designate one or a
court can appoint one if unable to do so.

Advance health Directive: These are instructions left by the individual

specifying what they like done for their health in case they are no longer able to make
decisions for themselves, under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 British Commonwealth
Law when you become incapacitated or unable to make decisions a proxy will be
appointed but only if it is backed by the medical staff concerned.

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References

Johnston, Carolyn; Liddle, Jane (2007). “Mental Capacity Act 2005: a new framework
for healthcare decisions making”. Journal: Medical Ethics 33; 94-97 cited 13/05/08

Living Wills and the Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care. Kansas Bar
Association. Retrieved on 13/05/08

Atkinson. J. (2006) Private and Public Protection: Civil Mental Health Legislation,
Endinburgh, Dunedin Academic Press; Retrieved 13/05/08

Drum C. Informed consent of incapable (ICU) patients in Europe: existing laws and the
EU Directive, Curr Opin Crit Care. 2004 December 10th (6) : 570-3 Cited 13/05/08

United Kingdom Government; Department for constitutional Affaires, Department of

Health and Welsh Assembly Government. “Mental Capacity Act 2005” cited on the
internet at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2005/ukpga_20050009_en_1 and
http://www.dca.gov.uk/legal-policy/mental-capacity/mca-summary.pdf Retrieved on
13/05/08

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