Friends, Family & Carers Forum

[JH_MHCN]

If a person needs involuntary treatment, they will usually be more unwell and so not able to do as many things as a voluntary patient, but it is often very helpful for recovery to do as many of your common or usual activities as possible.

[nashy]

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 🙂 

[Shaz51]

hello @Scoo 

Yes i had appts with the specialist @JH_MHCN , @nashy , 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 

[nashy]

@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.

[JH_MHCN]

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).

[Anastasia]

Thank you @nashy 

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 @Peonies 

[JH_MHCN]

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

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

[Schitzo]

Hello @nashy , @JH_MHCN  I've been looking forward to this all week💚

[Shaz51]

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, @nashy , @Anastasia , @Former-Member 

[JH_MHCN]

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

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