Contacts and Resources

Enduring Powers of Attorney

• ACT Law Society: https://www.actlawsociety.asn.au
• Access Canberra: https://www.accesscanberra.act.gov.au/app/answers/detail/a_id/2097/~/deed-registration-including-powers-of-attorney
• Powers of Attorney Act2006 (ACT): http://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/act/consol_act/poaa2006240/s91.html
• Peisah and O’Neill- Capacity and the Law (Second Edition)- http://austlii.community/wiki/Books/CapacityAndTheLaw/
• NSW Government Attorney General’s Department- Capacity Toolkit: http://www.justice.nsw.gov.au/diversityservices/Documents/capacity_toolkit0609.pdf
• Queensland Law Society- Queensland Handbook for Practitioners on Legal Capacity: https://www.qls.com.au/Knowledge_centre/Ethics/Resources/Client_instructions_and_capacity/Queensland_Handbook_for_Practitioners_on_Legal_Capacity
• NSW Law Society- When A Client’s Mental Capacity is in Doubt: https://www.lawsociety.com.au/cs/groups/public/documents/internetcontent/1191977.pdf

Attorney's Obligations

• Powers of Attorney Act 2006 (ACT): http://www6.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/act/consol_act/poaa2006240/s91.html

Advance Care Planning

• Medical Treatment (Health Directions) Act 2006 (ACT): http://www8.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdb/au/legis/act/consol_act/mtda2006322/
• Powers of Attorney Act 2006 (ACT): http://www8.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdb/au/legis/act/consol_act/poaa2006240/
• ACT Health Respecting Patient Choices: Advance Care Plan Program, PO Box 11, WODEN ACT 2606.
• ACT Health: http://www.health.act.gov.au/public-information/consumers/advance-care-planning
• Advance Care Planning: https://www.advancecareplanning.org.au/
• Be My Voice: http://www.bemyvoice.com.au/

Guardianship/Financial Management

• Guardianship and Management of Property Act 1991 (ACT)
• ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Guardianship Division): https://www.acat.act.gov.au/application-type/guardianship )
• ACT Public Trustee and Guardian: https://www.ptg.act.gov.au/

Elder Abuse

• ATACAS (ACT Disability, Aged, and Carer Advocacy Service: http://www.adacas.org.au/
• COTA: https://www.cota.org.au/
• Centrelink financial services: https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/services/financial-information-service
• ACT Office for Women: http://www.communityservices.act.gov.au/women/office_for_women
• Women’s Legal Centre: http://womenslegalact.org/
• Aged Care Complaints Commissioner: https://www.agedcarecomplaints.gov.au/
• ACT Human Rights Commission: http://hrc.act.gov.au/
• Abuse Prevention Referral Line (APRIL): http://www.communityservices.act.gov.au/wac/ageing (Phone (02) 6205 3535)
• Legal Aid: http://www.legalaidact.org.au/
• ACT Policing: https://police.act.gov.au/

• Australian Law Reform Commission Elder Abuse—A National Legal Response (ALRC Report 131 https://www.alrc.gov.au/publications/elder-abuse-report )
• House of Representatives Report Older People and the Law (https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=/laca/olderpeople/report.htm)
• ACT Elder Abuse Prevention Policy Program- https://www.communityservices.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/317605/Elder_Abuse_Prevention_Program_Policy_2012_FINAL_2.pdf ). Australia’s population is aging and growing. As a result elder abuse is expected to increase.
• World Health Organisation: http://www.who.int/ageing/projects/elder_abuse/en/

Retirement Villages

• Retirement Villages Act 2012 (ACT)
• ACT Law Society: https://www.actlawsociety.asn.au/
• Access Canberra: https://www.accesscanberra.act.gov.au/ci/fattach/get/49007/1437019222/redirect/1/filename/Retirement+villages+in+the+ACT.pdf
• Retirement Villages Canberra: https://www.villages.com.au/retirement-villages/act/canberra