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Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2024
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101 Definitions—pt 7
(1) In this part:
care service means a health service, aged care service or personal care
service.
facility means a place (other than an individual’s private residence)
where a care service is provided to a resident of the facility,
including—
(a) a hospital; and
(b) a hospice; and
(c) a nursing home, hostel, respite facility or other facility where
accommodation, nursing or personal care is provided to
individuals who, because of infirmity, illness, disease,
incapacity or disability, have a need for accommodation, nursing
or personal care; and
(d) a residential care home within the meaning of the Aged Care
Act 2024 (Cwlth), section 10.
facility operator means the entity that is responsible for the
management of a facility.
resident, of a facility, means an individual who is staying at the
facility on a temporary or permanent basis to receive accommodation,
nursing or personal care.
Examples—resident
a permanent or temporary resident of a residential care home, an in-patient of a
hospital, a resident of a hospice
disability—see the Disability Services Act 1991, dictionary.
personal care service means assistance or support of a personal
nature that is provided to an individual under a contract, agreement
or other arrangement, and includes—
(a) assistance with bathing, showering, personal hygiene, toileting,
dressing, undressing or meals; and
(b) assistance with mobility problems; and
(c) assistance or supervision in administering medicine; and
(d) the provision of substantial emotional support.