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Author Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives. Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs.

Title Older people and the law / House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Published Canberra, A.C.T. : Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, [2007]
©2007
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 WATERFT LAW  KN 151.6 K1 Aus/Opa  AVAILABLE
Description xxiv, 268 pages ; 25 cm
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Fraud and financial abuse -- 3. Substitute decision making -- 4. Family agreements -- 5. Barriers to older Australians accessing legal services -- 6. Discrimination -- 7. Retirement villages -- Appendix A. List of Submissions -- Appendix B. Public hearings -- Appendix C. Exhibits -- Appendix D. Power of attorney legislation comparison table
Analysis Aged
Elder abuse
Fraud
Financial abuse
Age discrimination
Power of attorney
Aged care
Legal services
Legislation
Government inquiries
Parliamentary committees
Notes At head of title : The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia
Chairman : Peter Slipper
"September 2007"
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
File Type Text; available electronically in HTML and to download from PDF file
Notes System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader to view/print PDF files
Commonwealth of Australia 2007
Subject Legal assistance to older people -- Australia -- Evaluation.
Older people -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia -- Evaluation.
Older people -- Australia.
Author Slipper, Peter
ISBN 9780642790132 print
9780642790149 HTML