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// Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

// Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Hey there to all the wonderful Carer's 👋🧘🏻‍♂️

Come and join us as we have a text-based chat with our friends at Mental Health Carers NSW about our basic rights as Carer's. We will break down some of the jargon, and share strategies with one another on some of the resources available to us as Carer's working alongside our Carer's rights. You can read more about Carer Rights here ❤️

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In response to: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Oh @Anastasia how very challenging. How is your son travelling now? Have you found the mental health rights of carers helpful at all? @JH_MHCN has listed some of the rights available just above 🙂

In response to: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

hello @Scoo

Yes i had appts with the specialist @JH_MHCN , @Former-Member , but my husband still had the choose to pick what he wanted -- sometimes i think this was wrong as the specialist wanted to keep him in hospital for another 2 weeks

but my husband said no

In response to: Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

When assessing people or planning care, family and carer recognition is strengthened by 72B:


72B Requirement to consider information provided by carer be considered.


Recognised carers rights include:
· Whether an individual should be detained in a mental health facility (s72B);
· Other incidents of treatment (sections 75, 75 and 78);
· Ongoing involuntary treatment in the community (CTO) (s57(4)(b)); or
· Discharge and treatment planning (s 79).

In response to: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

@Shaz51 I am so glad you were able to stay nearby. Accessibility is unbelievably important I feel everyone should have a right to this as a mental health carer.

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Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Thank you @Former-Member

He's as good as he's been to date. His Dr doesn't validate me as the behaviour in my company was so different to the behaviour in his dr's company so I think his Dr thinks I exaggerated and I'm a fruit luoop now 😣

Is there a website to look up the rights please in simple terms

@Shaz51 @JH_MHCN @Former-Member @Former-Member

In response to: Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

We have a few resources on our website: Carer’s Rights:

https://www.mentalhealthcarersnsw.org/carer-rights/

In response to: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Hello @Former-Member , @JH_MHCN I've been looking forward to this all week💚

In response to: Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

the biggest trouble was that my husband was sent back to his old mental health team near our home town which hes did not want to go back too and then he cancelled all help because it was my fault

@JH_MHCN, @Former-Member , @Anastasia , @Former-Member

In response to: Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Alaos: Advocacy Resources Libruary (NSW Health Docs etc.):

https://www.mentalhealthcarersnsw.org/advocacy-resource-library/

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Re: // Online Event // Our rights as mental health carers - with Mental Health Carers NSW // Tues, Oct 27th 7-8.30pm AEDT

Hi @Schitzo 🤗

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