Growing Stronger Podcast Ep #11: Birth Trauma – the Unspoken Reality
This year 19 to 25 July is Birth Trauma Awareness Week. To do our part to raise awareness, we have released a special episode. In episode 11 of our podcast,…
Two specialists expand law firm’s ‘health and relationship’ client services
Two highly experienced senior lawyers have joined the team at Hunter-based Catherine Henry Lawyers (CHL) as part of the firm’s plans to ensure it is the leading health and relationship…
Tragic story: Aged care worker named next of kin
I was recently asked by online publication, Hello Care, to comment for an article on a heart breaking story of an elderly woman who had nominated a former aged care worker as her next…
Growing Stronger Podcast Ep #10: Dr Blackstock and Medical Misconduct
In episode 10 of our podcast, Growing Stronger, Tanya Chapman is joined by colleagues and health law specialists Tom Lyons and Lucie Dei Rocini to discuss the disturbing medical procedures…
Growing Stronger Podcast Ep #9: The Forged Will Part 2
In episode 9 of our podcast, Growing Stronger, Tanya Chapman continues her discussion of forged Wills. Whilst researching the case discussed in episode 8 and Part 1 of The Forged…
Growing Stronger Podcast Ep #8: The Forged Will Part 1
In episode 8 of our podcast, Growing Stronger, Tanya Chapman looks at a form of elder abuse that has been going on for decades but is not as recognised. It…
Growing Stronger Podcast Ep #7: Capacity to Make a Will
In episode 7 of our podcast, Growing Stronger, Tanya Chapman is joined by Wills & Estates lawyer Monique Smiles to discuss a case in which an elderly woman changed her…
Netflix film ‘I Care a Lot’ shines spotlight on mental capacity
The Netflix film I Care a Lot has got people thinking about mental capacity and what happens when you lose capacity to look after yourself. The film revolves around a…
Growing Stronger Podcast Ep #6: You Can’t Make Us Separate
In episode 6 of our podcast, Growing Stronger, Tanya Chapman is joined by family lawyer Ashlea Taylor to discuss a family law case in which a couple had been living…
Growing Stronger Podcast Ep #5: I’m Going Back Home
In episode 5 of our podcast, Growing Stronger, Tanya Chapman discusses a case that demonstrates how hard it can be for a parent to evict an adult child, even from…
Growing Stronger Podcast Ep #4: Pulling the Plug on Advance Care Directives
In episode 4 of our podcast, Growing Stronger, Tanya Chapman explains what Advance Care Directives are and why you might want to have one. Join the Growing Stronger Facebook group…
Growing Stronger Podcast Ep #3: What Happened to Mum’s Estate?
In episode 3 of our podcast Growing Stronger, Tanya Chapman is joined by Elder Law specialist Richard McCullagh to discuss when a sibling has undue influence over a parent. Join…
Growing Stronger Podcast Ep #2: What is Granny Napping?
In episode 2 of our podcast Growing Stronger, Tanya Chapman speaks out about granny napping - control and isolation of an older person. Join the Growing Stronger Facebook group To…
Growing Stronger Podcast Ep #1: Medical Negligence and Regional Health
In episode 1 of our podcast Growing Stronger, Tanya Chapman is joined by the Principal of Catherine Henry Lawyers, Catherine Henry, to discuss medical negligence and regional health issues. Join…
Growing Stronger – a podcast from Catherine Henry Lawyers launching 16 April
Legal knowledge can make you more aware of issues that affect you, the hidden risks and things that can go wrong in common transactions, and alternative options available to…
Time to dust off the contracts: NSW retirement village laws are changing
Retirement village contracts are set for a shakeup this year, thanks to new legislation passed in response to the Final Report of the 2017 Inquiry Into the NSW Retirement Village Sector,…
Do residents with financial means receive better quality aged care?
On 9 February 2021, the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety published new research on whether the quality of aged care facilities varies with residents’ financial means. The…
Do manufactured home parks offer a good lifestyle?
Manufactured home parks (also known as residential land lease communities) are one option for older people looking to downsize and move to a better location. Some manufactured home parks are…
Newcastle lawyer Tanya Chapman says COVID-19 is a factor in the apparent rise of elder abuse
Catherine Henry Lawyers' Senior Associate, Tanya Chapman, explains how business can stymie elder abuse. Where were you raised and what influenced your career? I was raised in Orange NSW. My…
Legal repercussions for a lawyer and carer perpetrating financial elder abuse
A matter is currently before the Court relating to an elderly man suffering financial abuse, being defrauded approximately 1.3m by his lawyer and carer. The elderly man entrusted a South…
Aged care performance data must be made public
Consumers need easy access to data about the performance of individual aged care facilities so that they can make informed decisions, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA). ALA spokesperson and…
University of Newcastle Older Persons Legal Clinic Launched
We were pleased to participate recently in the launch of the University of Newcastle Law School Older Persons Legal Clinic. The clinic began seeing clients over 12 months ago, but…
Unique Problems Indigenous Australians Face in Relation to Aged Care
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has appropriately spent time looking at the specific and, at times, unique problems Indigenous Australians face in relation to aged care.…
Negligent Care Within Aged Care Facilities All Too Common | Our Client’s Story
WARNING TO READERS WHO ARE ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER. This story talks about people who have died. We acted for the daughter and granddaughter of a man (Mr W)…
Royal Commission hearings wrap up
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety had its final hearings wrap up today, and leading aged care lawyer and advocate on aged care reform, Catherine Henry, says…
Budget 2020 failed to address the urgent and life-threatening issues in aged care
The 2020 federal budget has failed to address the systemic problems in aged care that COVID-19 has tragically exposed, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA). “We have a chronically underfunded…
Homeless Older Women
The number of homeless older women in Australia is increasing, according to the annual State of the Family report published by Anglicare Australia. This little-recognised phenomenon is linked to various social factors.…
When family members financially exploit the elderly | Our Client’s Story
When our elderly client’s property had been sold and the sale proceeds were kept by her son, extended family became concerned that our client had been taken advantage of by…
Covid-19 shows the cracks in our aged care system
This week is Aged Care Week and, sadly, the plight of older Australians living in aged care has again been in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Prominent geriatrician…
3 must have inclusions in your residential aged care agreement
Once you have accepted a place at an aged care facility or nursing home, they will send you one or more contracts to formalise their offer. The documents are given…