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Everyone has the right to feel safe and be treated with respect. As an older person, you may be experiencing violence or abuse. Or you may know an older person who is experiencing violence or abuse. If an older person is experiencing violence or abuse from a person they trust, this is called elder[...]

Sometimes you need to authorise someone to make some decisions for you for a specific purpose and a limited time (for example, if you want to sell a property while you are overseas). You need to be careful who you give this power to, as the power could be abused.

Legal Aid WA, through its Elder[...]

If you are going overseas or for some other reason need someone to make financial and property decisions, you could consider appointing a trusted person to have your enduring power of attorney or power of attorney. You should think carefully about who you ask to do this and get legal advice before[...]

If you are an adult, you have legal capacity to make decisions about your own medical care and treatment (including refusing treatment) if you can understand the nature and effect of any decisions you make and can make reasonable decisions for yourself.

In some cases, you might not have the ability[...]

A will is a legal document that sets out how you wish your property to be distributed after you die. For example, your will might say that you want all your property to go to your partner after you die, or it might say you want your property divided among many different people. The people who[...]

You may know an adult who is not able to make sensible decisions about their finances or lifestyle or may be doing things that are not in their best interests. In such cases, it may be possible for the State Administrative Tribunal (the Tribunal) to appoint a guardian or administrator (or both) to[...]