Australia: Inquiry into Rule Putting Older People at Risk

(Sydney) – Australia’s parliament should scrap a new rule that allows nursing homes to overmedicate and restrain older people, a group of organizations working for older people’s rights in Australia said today. On August 20, 2019 in Sydney, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights will hold a hearing on human rights concerns relating to the new rule. Human Rights Watch, Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia (ADA Australia), and others will appear. The group includes ADA Australia, Capacity Australia, Dementia Alliance International, and Human Rights Watch. “The Australian government rule…

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