Health and ageing

NSW legislation dealing with mental health, including voluntary and involuntary admission, care and treatment, and the Mental Health Review Tribunal.

The Mental Health Review Tribunal conducts mental health inquiries, makes and reviews orders, and hears some appeals about the treatment and care of people with a mental illness.

Find out your rights and where to get help if you have you been involuntarily admitted to a hospital. Information from Legal Aid NSW.

The guide book, from NSW Health, provides a clear and practical source of information about procedures and issues to be considered in implementing the Mental Health Act 2007.

My Aged Care helps you find out about aged care services. Find information about help at home, aged care homes, costs, and complaints.

The Health Care Complaints Commission deals with complaints about health service providers in NSW. Find out about the complaints process.

This chapter of the Law handbook deals with disability law, including guardianship and the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Find information from NSW Fair Trading about tenants and landlords, buying and selling, strata, agents and managers, holiday parks and retirement villages.