Seniors and Older People

Most legal queries dealt with by Legal Aid WA from Seniors involve wills or problems with neighbours.

For more information, see Wills and Probate section or Neighbours or go back to the Information about the Law index for other topics.

In addition to the information provided on this web site (and other services offered by Legal Aid WA) further legal and other information for Seniors may also be found at the following web sites:

Advocare (Inc) - promotes the rights of people receiving aged residential and community care services.
Ph: (08) 9479 7566 or Freecall: 1800 655 566

Council on the Ageing (WA) Inc - non-government community organisation offering advocacy and information for older West Australians.
Ph: 9321 2133

Government Web Sites

Department of the Attorney General - provides information and services on Guardianship, Administration and Advocacy and Enduring Powers of Attorney

Centrelink - provides details of various health and concession cards including pensions, allowances and family payments

Department of Health and Ageing - has a number of sub-sites with information on aged and community care, home and community care and carers

Department of Veterans' Affairs - serves Australia's veterans, their war widow(er)s and dependants through programs of care, compensation and commemoration

Seniors Resource Online - offering information about services for older West Australians, by the Department for Communities online resource

Senior's Portal - is a Commonwealth government directory offering a single point of access to government and non government information

These services are not Legal Aid WA services. Legal Aid WA expressly disclaims any liability and responsibility for the advice and information provided by any of these services. There may be other organisations able to provide you with similar advice and information.

Legal content last updated: April 2008