Dementia
1: Millie Phillips, once Australia’s richest woman, creates chaos over her Will | November 19, 2019
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…
2: Grandpa’s ‘romance’ to Young Woman was Marriage Fraud, Court finds | February 5, 2015
In 2012 Justice Garry Foster was asked to declare a marriage between a dementia-affected grandfather and his lover and former cleaner void. In such a rare case, he had to consider whether the grandfather was mentally capable of understanding the effect and nature of marriage…
3: Dementia-related violence a growing concern for the aged | May 11, 2013
The justice system is unprepared to deal with aggressive behaviour by sufferers, writes Paul Bibby…