Decision-Making Capacity Workshop for Nurses and other Health Professionals

Presenters The presenters include: Nick  O’Neill,  lawyer,  previously  President  of  the  NSW  Guardianship  Tribunal  for  10  years, Deputy  Chairperson  of  health  professionals  tribunals  in  NSW  and  co-author  of  the  book Capacity and the Law. Anne Meller, Clinical Nurse Consultant, employed by a teaching hospital in Sydney. Her clinical role is to assist adults and those close to them with Advance Care Planning across the lifespan. She has over 25 years experience in aged health care from a variety of positions and settings. She holds a Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing), and has completed postgraduate studies in Gerontology, Public Health and Health Administration.     She has also co -authored with the members of the Advance Care Directive Association “My Health, My Future, My Choice: an advance care directive for NSW” and  “A Plan of Care” – a book to help people make health and personal care decisions for a person in NSW who has dementia. She has an ongoing interest in end stage dementia. Simonetta is a Registered Nurse with over 30 years experience and a Master’s degree in Literature  and  Literacy.  She  has  longstanding  experience  providing  education  across  both nursing and medical disciplines having tutored for 10 years at the UNSW, Faculty of Medicine, and having worked as a Nurse Educator in both residential aged care and private hospital settings specialising in aged care and rehabilitation. Simonetta has worked with Capacity Australia since its inception in 2011 to promote awareness and understanding amongst health sectors of the rights and dignity of people with disabilities. Tulsi Levin de Graaff, lawyer with a psychology background who has worked at the Australian Human Rights Commission and with the NSW Attorney Generals Department to develop and deliver education and training on the “NSW Capacity Toolkit”. Tulsi has a Cert IV in training and assessment and is experienced at making the law accessible to non-lawyers. Tulsi has significant experience developing and delivering training on legal issues across professional sectors.   Cost Cost for the workshop is $330 including GST. Concession rates available for nurses not funded by their organisation: $150 including GST. In circumstances of financial hardship, please contact Capacity Australia to discuss. Expression of interests can be emailed to  info@capacityaustralia.org.au or Capacity Australia can be contacted on 8987 1944 for further information.