This paper examines a particular type of transaction between older people and their adult children: the ’Assets for Care’ or ’Family Accommodation’ arrangements Its aim is twofold:a. to provide an update of recent legal consideration of this type of transaction and;b. to provide new and novel suggestions from equity and property law that may assist in regulating Assets for Care arrangements.The authors are not under any illusion as to how complex these arrangements can be. Any one scenario - no matter how outwardly simple - can give rise to a number of contentious, and at time competing legal issues. What is clear, however, is that the existing Australian property law regime is inadequate to protect the rights of older persons who enter int...
The aim of this paper is to stimulate theoretical thought about financial elder abuse within familie...
A family agreement “involves a transfer of an older person’s home or other assets to a trusted famil...
Following a 10-year research program around assets and ageing, the present paper\ud summarises the w...
This paper examines a particular type of transaction between older people and their adult children: ...
To some older people, the prospect of moving in with family to be 'cared for' as they age has consid...
This paper draws upon findings from a secondary analysis of suspected financial abuse cases in files...
The Australian population is ageing and there is rising concern about the incidence and extent of “e...
The growing use of housing equity to support a range of activities and needs raises complex issues, ...
The management of the financial assets of older people is increasingly important in the current poli...
Elder law is a growing area of legal practice due to the increasing numbers and proportions of older...
As people age there is a need to consider appropriate, secure and safe accommodation options. One su...
This article considers law and policy considerations that determine when (or if) a caveat can be lod...
The emergence and intensification of an international debate concerning the role of human rights nor...
Elder law is a growing area of legal practice, due to the increasing proportion of Australian societ...
Current approaches to the assessment of cognitive capacity in many jurisdictions seek to balance old...
The aim of this paper is to stimulate theoretical thought about financial elder abuse within familie...
A family agreement “involves a transfer of an older person’s home or other assets to a trusted famil...
Following a 10-year research program around assets and ageing, the present paper\ud summarises the w...
This paper examines a particular type of transaction between older people and their adult children: ...
To some older people, the prospect of moving in with family to be 'cared for' as they age has consid...
This paper draws upon findings from a secondary analysis of suspected financial abuse cases in files...
The Australian population is ageing and there is rising concern about the incidence and extent of “e...
The growing use of housing equity to support a range of activities and needs raises complex issues, ...
The management of the financial assets of older people is increasingly important in the current poli...
Elder law is a growing area of legal practice due to the increasing numbers and proportions of older...
As people age there is a need to consider appropriate, secure and safe accommodation options. One su...
This article considers law and policy considerations that determine when (or if) a caveat can be lod...
The emergence and intensification of an international debate concerning the role of human rights nor...
Elder law is a growing area of legal practice, due to the increasing proportion of Australian societ...
Current approaches to the assessment of cognitive capacity in many jurisdictions seek to balance old...
The aim of this paper is to stimulate theoretical thought about financial elder abuse within familie...
A family agreement “involves a transfer of an older person’s home or other assets to a trusted famil...
Following a 10-year research program around assets and ageing, the present paper\ud summarises the w...