Webinar resource

This 1 hour and 22 minutes webinar presented by Primary Health Tasmania is on Aged care reform update – restrictive practices 

This session covered restrictive practice legislation for older people receiving Aged Care. There had been many myths around the roles and responsibilities of the GP in Aged Care. The session clarified the prescriber roles and responsibilities regarding psychotropic medications and chemical restraint. It also explored other types of restrictive practice and examined how attendees could support aged care providers to meet legislative requirements and minimise the inappropriate use of restrictive practices. 

Learning outcomes:  

• Explain the legislative requirements of restrictive practice for providers. 

• Describe psychotropic medications used in Aged Care, including informed consent, review, prescribing, and deprescribing. 

Speaker information: 

• Loren deVries is the Assistant Commissioner, Senior Practitioner for Behaviour Support, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. Loren is a Nurse Practitioner (Older Person) and brings with her years of experience and clinical expertise in supporting the older person, particularly people living with dementia and individuals experiencing changed behaviours. 

• Megan Cox is Director (Strategy and Engagement) of the Behaviour Support and Restrictive Practices Unit, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. Megan is a Registered Nurse and has extensive experience working as a clinician in a range of roles in the aged care sector.