by Michael Perkins | Feb 29, 2024 | Aged care, Decision Making Ability, Elder abuse, Legal, Opinion, Vulnerability
Aged Care Bill 2023 (ACB) – Michael Perkins’ Review and Reflection Introduction The Commonwealth Government released an exposure draft of this Bill on 14 December 2023. This draft was originally open for consultation until 16 February 2024. There has been such...
by Michael Perkins | Feb 20, 2024 | Aged care, Decision Making Ability, Legal, Opinion, Power of Attorney and Guardianship, supported decision making, Trusts and Estates, Vulnerability
The consultation about the Aged Care Bill 2023 (the Bill) has been extended to 8 March 2024. For more information about this consultation see https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/aged-care-act/consultation. This Bill remains a work in progress with the funding...
by Kathy Salter | Jan 22, 2024 | Aged care, Decision Making Ability, Education & Training, Elder abuse
Australia’s population is ageing Australia’s population is ageing. According to the Australian Government’s Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) statistics, at 30 June 2020, approximately 4.2 million people (16% of Australia’s total population) were aged...
by Clarence Leung | Sep 10, 2023 | Aged care, business law, Decision Making Ability, Elder abuse, Succession, Succession Planning (After Death)
In this article, Clarence Leung, Special Counsel, Autonomy First Lawyers, gives an overview of the issue of elder financial abuse in the context of business succession planning in relation to Enduring Power of Attorney (EPOA) and risk management initiatives. Part 1)...
by Michael Perkins | Jul 10, 2023 | Decision Making Ability, Medico-legal
The dementia affected community would benefit from a shift in focus, from clinical diagnosis to the broader recognition and management of cognitive impairment and decline, says Michael Perkins, in this reflection on his impressions and learning from the two-day...
by Michael Perkins | Apr 27, 2023 | Aged care, Autonomy Evaluation, Decision Making Ability, Elder abuse, residential care decisions, Vulnerability
Michael Perkins gives an Australian perspective on the distinction between vulnerability and decision-making abilities This article was first published in, and is reprinted with the kind permission of, the Step Journal. Michael Perkins, ‘A trigger for concern’, STEP...
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