What is an Enduring Guardian?
An enduring guardian is someone you appoint, at a time when you have capacity, to make personal, health or lifestyle decisions on your behalf should you lose the capacity to…
Wills and Estates
Who’s going to inherit your estate after you die? Let’s be honest, dying isn’t something you’re especially keen to think about. But whether you like it or not, eventually someone…
Guardianship, Power of Attorney and Advance Care Directives
What is the difference between a Guardian and a Power of Attorney? A Guardian is a person empowered by the Guardianship Board to make decisions about care and treatment for…
Do I need to appoint an enduring guardian if I already have an enduring power of attorney?
Yes, it’s important to have both an enduring power of attorney and an enduring guardian in place. Both of these important legal documents are normally created as part of your…
What If Something Happens to Me? – Part 2
This is the second part of our blog which deals with making decisions for later life. Part one dealt with financial decisions which you can read here. Health and lifestyle…
Elder Abuse – A National Legal Response
The Australian Law Reform Commission report ‘Elder Abuse – A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131) was released in May 2017 and elevates the prevalence of elder abuse as a…
Power of attorney: what is it?
A power of attorney is a legal document made by a person, who is called the ‘principal’, that appoints another person to deal with the principal’s money, bank accounts, shares,…
Enduring Powers of Attorney – ways of reducing the risk of financial abuse
What is a power of attorney? Powers of Attorney in NSW are documents which allow specific people to make specific decisions for you, as though they were you. They act…
What If Something Happens to Me? – Part 1
Assistance on making decisions for later life Most of our lives we are used to making decisions about financial, legal and health matters on our own or with people close…
Explainer: Review of the Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW)
An important report by the NSW Law Reform Commission that is relevant to many older people and people with a disability and their families in NSW was tabled in the…