Identifying Acts and Applying Guardianship and Administration Act 1990

Inquiry for Complex Care
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Identifying two Acts or Laws based on the case study....................................................................2
Applying Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 to current care and situation of Ms. Jones. 2
Identification of an ethical issue......................................................................................................3
Strategy to overcome the ethically challenging situation................................................................4
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Identifying two Acts or Laws based on the case study
Based on the case study, the two acts or laws that are appropriate are Public Health Act 2016 and
Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 that are legal in Western Australia. Both the Acts are
described below:
Civil Liability Act 2002
The commencement of this act reveals that it comes into operation on fixed day basis by
proclamation. The word ‘harm’ means personal injury, damage to property and economic loss.
The personal injury includes few of the crucial terms like death, prenatal injury and the
impairment of mental or physical condition of any person (Western Australian Legislation - Civil
Liability Act 2002, 2019). Moreover, the ‘personal injury damages’, explains the damages which
effectively relates to the personal injury which are caused to an individual person by another
person’s fault but it does not includes any sum payable under any scheme (Sekendiz, Ammon &
Connaughton, 2016).
Guardianship and Administration Act 1990
This Act identifies that individuals who are not in state of making rational judgements for
themselves and requires somebody to make decisions for them to prevent them from abuse,
mistreatment and neglect and assure that their quality of life is maintained (Kidson‐Gerber et al.,
2016). The Act facilitates that Staff Administrative Tribunal (SAT) may appoint an administrator
or guardian as an alternative decision-maker for an individual who has decision-making
disability (Lamont, Stewart & Chiarella, 2016).
Applying Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 to current care and situation of Ms.
Jones
After analyzing the case study and observing the current care and situation of Ms. Jones, it is
said that Guardianship and Administration Act 1990 can be applied to her condition. She was
being admitted to the emergency department, where the test and samples revealed a positive
pregnancy test and to recover from the injury she is required to undergo fractured femur and
further x-rays. After two days Ms. Jones has regained consciousness and after hearing that she