This is an important tool in the context of COVID-19 and its impact on aged care homes, but one should not wait to enter hospital or aged care to implement a plan…

The man arrived at the hospital unconscious, without identification, with a high blood alcohol level. He was 70, had a history of lung disease, heart problems and diabetes, and three words tattooed in big, black letters across his chest: “Do not resuscitate”. Doctors at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida weren’t sure how to proceed…

The dirty laundry of a wealthy Sydney family has been aired in court during a battle over the colourful 90-year-old matriarch’s multimillion-dollar fortune…

I am writing to draw your attention to the inquiry and to invite you or your organisation to make a submission to this inquiry. Submissions are due by 18 December 2019…

As of today, terminally-ill Victorians can now legally ask their doctor for lethal drugs to take their own lives under the nation’s only euthanasia laws…

In Australia, it is estimated that at least 10 per cent of older Australians suffer from financial abuse each year. The surprising factor is that their adult children are most likely the perpetrators.

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The death of a loved one can be hard enough to deal with without the extra worry about the cost of carrying out their wishes. Key decisions — including the executor of the will, whether to die at home or whether you are buried among the trees or cremated — all involve a financial burden and much easier made when family members are not bereaved…

A report by the Elder Abuse Prevention Unit, shows a 20 per cent increase in reported cases of financial abuse from 2014-15 to 2015-16. The report also found that more than three-quarters of perpetrators reported between 2015 and 2016 were related to the victims…

A Brisbane builder accused of helping his frail and elderly dad to kill himself has been acquitted by a jury…

An enduring power of attorney is the “insurance policy” that most people get wrong – it’s the document used to appoint someone else (called an attorney) to legally deal with your money, bank accounts and other assets if you become unable to manage your affairs by yourself…