This Dignity of Risk Assessment Template is designed to support Occupational Therapists in structuring clinical reasoning when balancing duty of care and autonomy in community aged care settings.

The template:

• Guides assessment of foreseeable risk

• Prompts consideration of decision-making capacity

• Supports proportional risk mitigation

• Assists in identifying third-party impacts

• Documents review triggers to ensure decisions remain valid over time

This form may be:

• Used as a standalone dignity of risk assessment record

• Incorporated into broader OT assessment documentation

• Shared with the participant and/or care partner to support transparency and shared decision-making

• Adapted by integrating selected components (e.g., mitigation plan, review triggers) into existing organisational templates