More information & contacts
More information
The following resources can provide further assistance with the issues of guardianship and medical treatment:
Guide to the Guardianship and Administration Act 2019 (Vic)
Judicial College of Victoria; www.judicialcollege.vic.edu.au
Advance Care Planning:
www.advancecareplanning.org.au
BetterHealth:
www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/havetheconversation
Office of the Public Advocate’s website:
www.publicadvocate.vic.gov.au/medical-treatment
Department of Health (Vic)’s website:
www.health.vic.gov.au/patient-care/end-of-life-care
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal’s website:
www.vcat.vic.gov.au/case-types/medical-treatment-advance-care-directives
For more relevant information, see Chapter 8.4: Mental illness, and Chapter 8.6: Understanding powers of attorney.
Contacts
Office of the Public Advocate (OPA)
www.publicadvocate.vic.gov.au
Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT)
www.vcat.vic.gov.au
VCAT hears matters at venues throughout metropolitan and regional Victoria; see VCAT’s website for addresses.
For other relevant organisations, see ‘Contacts’ at the end of Chapter 8.1: Understanding disability and the law.
More information & contacts
Chapter: 8.5: Guardianship and medical treatment
Contributor: Philip Grano, Former Principal Lawyer, Office of the Public Advocate
Current as of: 1 September 2024
Law Handbook Page: 772
Next Section: 8.6: Understanding powers of attorney
