Bundesgesetz über den Schutz der persönlichen Freiheit während des Aufenthalts in Heimen und anderen Pflege- und Betreuungseinrichtungen (Heimaufenthaltsgesetz – HeimAufG) (Federal law on the protection of personal liberties during long-term residential care)
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Das Heimaufenthaltsgesetz (HeimAufG) gilt in Alten- und Pflegeheimen, Behinderteneinrichtungen, Tageszentren und Krankenanstalten. In psychiatrischen Abteilungen hingegen kommen ausschließlich die Bestimmungen des Unterbringungsgesetzes zur Anwendung.Das HeimAufG regelt genau, unter welchen Voraussetzungen bei BewohnerInnen Freiheitsbeschränkungen vorgenommen werden dürfen. Es hat zwei zentrale Ziele. Einerseits sollen Menschen in Pflege- und Betreuungseinrichtungen oder Krankenhäusern bei Eingriffen in ihre Freiheitsrechte geschützt werden. Andererseits formuliert das HeimAufG klare gesetzliche Vorgaben für das Einrichtungspersonal, die bei der Anwendung freiheitsbeschränkender Maßnahmen als Handlungsrahmen einzuhalten sind.
The Federal law on the protection of personal liberties during long-term residential care (HeimAufG) is applies to residential care facilities for elderly people, people with disabilities, day care centers and other long term care hospital settings. It does not apply to psychiatric settings in which only the Austrian Unterbringungsgesetz is applicable. The HeimAufG regulates under which circumstances, restrictions of the liberty of persons are permitted. It has two central goals. On the one hand, people in long term care residential settings should be protected from violations of their right to liberty. On the other hand this law provides detailed requirements and rules that need to be respected by staff when they restrict a person's liberties.
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