by Autonomy First Lawyers | Apr 15, 2024 | Aged care
This is an update on the planned overhaul of the Commonwealth Aged Care Act. Submissions from stakeholders and the general public closed on 8 March 2024. More than a dozen submissions about the exposure draft of the new Act were received by the Department of Health...
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 | Nov 20, 2021 | Elder abuse
In our experience, the mitigation of abusive conduct needs us, as a community, to move from passive Coping to active Caring at an earlier stage of the ageing of a person than is usually the case. It is not the role of the law to prevent abusive or coercive conduct....
by Zabina Naem | Oct 17, 2021 | Autonomy Evaluation, Medico-legal, Uncategorized
Capacity is decision specific and can fluctuate over time. A person who may have the mental capacity to make some decisions, such as purchasing groceries, may lack the mental capacity to make other decisions, such as entering a Contract for Sale of Land or making a...
by Michael Perkins | Sep 13, 2021 | Autonomy Evaluation, Financial services, Medico-legal, Private Client Services, Research
Autonomy First is excited to announce that we are partnering with Deakin University to support a new research project, Financial Decision-Making Capacity – A Challenge for Advisors. The project is engaging primarily with financial service professionals and the tools...
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