Legal and policy frameworks for rights-based care
Rights-Based Care in Australia is informed by legal and policy frameworks that come from international human rights treaties, laws and charters. These documents describe universal rights that all people have.
Find out more about the evidence and actions regarding legal and policy frameworks facilitating rights-based care.
Guardianship and oversight reform
Guardianship refers to the ways in which vulnerable people are given extra support to navigate care, decisions and advocacy.
Oversight refers to the ways in which accountability is upheld by organisations and systems or governments. It is a key component of multi-level rights-based care interventions.
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Workforce education policies
Workforce education policies refer to education or training requirements at a system, state, or government level, rather than those required by an organisation.
These policies can include requirements or credentials that workers must have to qualify them to work in a certain role, or ongoing training requirements for workers who are already employed.
Find out more about the evidence and actions that promote workforce education.
Leadership and management strategies
Within aged care organisations, leaders and managers play an important role in upholding the rights of older people in care. They are responsible for translating the principles of rights-based care into organisational policies and processes that enable staff to uphold rights-based values in daily practice.
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Multidisciplinary, person-centred care pathways
Person-centred care prioritises the needs and preferences of the older person in the planning and delivery of their care, described as holistic, individualised, empowering care.
Multidisciplinary care includes practitioners from different disciplines working together as a team to provide care to an older person.
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Person-centred interventions supporting autonomy and choice
Person-centred care requires understanding and respecting an individual’s life story, circumstances, abilities, needs and preferences, and places the older person at the centre of decisions related to their care. A person-centred care approach is central to supporting autonomy and choice of older people receiving aged care services.
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Education and empowerment for residents, families and communities
Education and empowerment of older people, families and communities are core to rights‑based care. While educating the workforce is essential, rights-based care also relies on older people and those around them having access to clear information and practical support.
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