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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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)…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
Leading regional NSW based law firm, Catherine Henry Lawyers, is in the running for two prestigious Australian Law Awards. The firm is one of eight finalists for Regional Law Firm…
The New Aged Care Visitor Code has been updated with a range of changes including no time limits for close family visitors and allowing residents to leave a residential aged…
It is pleasing to see that the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety will resume hearings next month after pausing in light of coronavirus - this coincides with…
There has been media and community attention on the issue of minimising the impact of COVID-19 in residential aged care facilities (RACFs), particularly in relation to visitor access and healthcare…
The Australian parliament has amended the Aged Care Act, 1997 to allow aged care residents to live with their family during COVID-19 without penalty. The amendment ensures the Government will…
When our client’s elderly sister made Will changes, removing her family and leaving her estate to a young couple she had just met, concerns of possible elder abuse were raised…
The tragic number of deaths at Newmarch House exposes all that is wrong with Australia’s residential aged care system and why the Australian government needs to undertake urgent reform to…
We successfully settled a negligence claim for our client who suffered mental harm (also known as ‘nervous shock’) when her mother was murdered by a nursing assistant at a facility…
In 2017, British television presenter and entertainer, Bruce Forsyth, passed away at the age of 89 years. According to media reports, he left an estate worth 17 million pounds to…
Adelaide Workshop on Aged Care Program Redesign The first public session of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Safety and Quality for 2020 was a workshop on the redesign of…
New Australian Government commissioned research by Dr Sarah Russell, Kristy Siostrom, Iain Edwards and Velandai Srikanth shows tighter regulation of providers of home care packages is one of a number…
Two new major reports for the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety by Flinders University researchers show that Australia is lagging well behind other overseas countries when it…
It is estimated that at least five per cent of older people experience some kind of financial elder abuse by family members or carers. Common elder abuse scenarios include: attorneys…
The Aged Care Royal Commission into Quality and Safety held a hearing in Canberra from December 9 to 13. The Canberra hearing inquired into interfaces between the aged care system…
Christmas is a joyful time for many, but as we know navigating the holiday season can be fraught with challenges. Whilst financial elder abuse may not be top of mind,…
The Royal Commission in to Aged Care Quality and Safety recently held a hearing in Hobart and conducted a Community Forum in Newcastle. Hobart hearing The Hobart Hearing inquired into…