Client Advocacy Flashcards

Which statement best describes the guardian's role in a person's care-planning meeting?

Answer: Taking an active part, making sure the person's preferences are heard, and helping the person take part as much as possible

NGA standards expect guardians to take part in care planning and to bring the person into the process.

A person under guardianship says they want to have their rights restored. What should the guardian do?

Answer: Support the request, for example by telling the court and helping the person get an evaluation or a lawyer

Guardians are expected to support restoration of rights whenever the person's abilities allow it.

Under the NGA Standards, a guardian should generally visit the person under guardianship at least how often?

Answer: Monthly

NGA Standards call for at least monthly visits so the guardian can watch the person's well-being and care.

Which decision-making approach should a guardian use first when the person's wishes are known?

Answer: Substituted judgment

Substituted judgment means making the choice the person would make based on their known values and wishes, and it comes before the best-interest standard.

A hospital wants to give an antipsychotic to a person under guardianship mainly to make them easier for staff to manage. How should the guardian respond?

Answer: Question whether it's being used as a chemical restraint and insist on a clinical reason and less restrictive options

Giving a medication for staff convenience rather than medical need is a chemical restraint, and guardians should challenge it.

Which practice best protects a person's right to keep in touch with others?

Answer: Letting the person contact friends and family unless a specific, documented risk of harm justifies a limit

People under guardianship keep their right to communicate and associate, and any limit has to be justified and as narrow as possible.

A guardian runs into a conflict between their own financial interest and the person's interest in a service decision. What should the guardian do?

Answer: Avoid the conflict or disclose it to the court and act only in the person's interest

NGA standards require guardians to avoid conflicts of interest or disclose them and always put the person's interest first.