Elder Law

A Guide to Working with Older Australians
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-76002-182-5
Verlag: Federation Press

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 618 g

Elder Law is a book for the legal practitioners, financial advisors, allied health professionals and medical practitioners working with older Australians. It is also a comprehensive and practical book for academics teaching the elder law advisors of the future.
It responds to these questions in 20 chapters, each written by experts who are actively engaged in the field. Chapters address issues such as: supported and substitute decision-making including substitute decision-making instruments; the roles of tribunals hearing guardianship and financial matters; the accommodation options available to older Australians and the financial implications of these choices; financial issues including superannuation and Centrelink benefits, and financial elder abuse; and older age discrimination.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Field, Sue

Williams, Karen

Sappideen, Carolyn

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Introduction

1. Overview of Elder Law
Karen Williams et al.

Part 2: Your Capacity to Make Decisions
2. Tribunals and Statutory Authorities
Anita Smith
3. Assessment of Decision-Making Capacity
Peteris Darzins
4. Powers of Attorney
Ray Ward
5. Enduring Guardianship
Karen Williams
6. Advance Care Directives
Cameron Stewart
7. Supported Decision-Making
John Chesterman
Part 3: Where You Live: Support Services and Accommodation Options
8. National Disability Insurance Scheme
Bill Madden, Janine McIlwraith and Ruanne Brell
9. Commonwealth Home Support Programme
Karen Williams
10. Granny Flats
Sue Field
11. Boarding Houses
Carolyn Sappideen
12. Mobile, Relocatable, Manufactured Homes and Lifestyle Resorts
Carolyn Sappideen
13. Retirement Villages
Sean McCarthy
14. Residential Aged Care Facilities and Home Care
Brian Herd
Part 4: Funding Your Retirement: Sources of Income and Risk15. Government Pensions and Benefits
Adam Steen
16. Superannuation
Michael Perkins
17. Reverse Mortgages
Adam Steen and James Taggart
18. Financial Abuse
Teresa Somes and Eileen Webb
Part 5: Your Estate
19. Your Estate
Robert Monahan and Julia Monahan
Part 6: A Fair Go
20. Discrimination
Meredith Blake

Über Autor(innen)

Sue Field is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Western Sydney University.

Karen Williams is a Lawyer with over 10 years’ experience appearing before Tribunals with matters concerning a person’s decision-making capacity. She manages a Guardianship Team for Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia.

Carolyn Sappideen is Professor of Law at Western Sydney University.