Elderly Aussies with dementia or cognitive impairment suffer shocking abuse at hands of family, friends or new acquaintances
Concerns about old exploitation, a Sydney real estate agent, Alzheimer’s power of power of attorney, a vulnerable elderly man exploded after buying a house at a very worthless price.
Rachelle Norah was suspended for 12 months and fined $ 11,000 to buy a house from a 82 -year -old vulnerable man, and a month after the house was sold for $ 1.1 million, for $ 500,000 for $ 500,000.
With a ten -year experience, the representative went to the NSW Civil and Administrative Court to overthrow the decision, claiming that he did the right thing when he bought the house for $ 600,000 at a significant price in April 2023.
The decision, however, made the decision of the court’s abuse agent and took advantage of the man for his personal financial benefit.
The Australian Institute of Family and Research found that one of the six old Australians experienced elderly abuse each year and 2.1 percent would be a victim of financial abuse.
The study has shown that elderly people with disabilities or long -term health are higher than elderly people who do not have low value.
Approximately 21 percent of elderly people with disabilities or long -term health are experiencing elderly abuse every year.
Dementia Australian services, advocacy and research Executive Director Kaele Stokes, dementia and cognitive disorder may increase the risk of an elderly abuse of an elderly abuse, he said.
Dr. Stokes said that the disease affects an individual’s cognition and decision -making skills and makes them more vulnerable to benefit.
“As dementia progresses, the ability and capacity of financial affairs may be gradually loss,” he said.
“The financial abuse of people living with dementia is processed by people who are entrusted to manage the money and financial affairs of a person who lives mostly with dementia, which makes guarantees even more important.”
Australian lawyers alliance spokesman Rodney Lewis devoted 20 years of his legal career to elderly abuse.
The President of the Old Law Special Interest Group said that such events took place in Australia daily and that old vulnerable people had serious cases when there was no adult children around them.
“We definitely need better laws in NSW, especially in NSW, to compensate for the money when you earn a lawsuit, and most importantly, you will not see tens of thousands of dollars spent on legal fees,” he said.
The author of Elder Law in Australia said that the majority of the time when a person was appointed as the power of attorney’s power, but he did not always do.
“I have seen elderly abuse cases many times, or mercenaries are another way to identify it. People are friends with them and that’s what happens, L
“If a person has a problem with cognitive ability, then he will not know or can be convinced by the person who speaks about transferring the house or car or no matter what.”
Mr. Lewis, NSW Civil and Administrative Court, said that there is a continuous flow of lawsuit in which people want people to review the participant power documents.
Human Rights Lawyer said that the application was generally made by an elderly member, not by the elderly, but by a relevant family member.
“Cognitive may be a problem with cognition, and the criminal can often come from the family, often a friend, neighbor or soon familiar,” he said.
“Families invite their grandmother to live with them, so Granny sells her house and goes to live in a grandmother’s apartment, then begins to break down.
“Children, loans and a family law dispute in bank loans guarantees are wrong.
“If an old is approached with an offer or agreement to transfer a house, and if the person is a lawyer, under a power of attorney, then you have a situation with laws and strict responsibilities.
Bir For someone who violates the rules and is obliged to restore the money and property to the person, the elderly may go to the court in a civil claim and try to get back the money and or title depending on the circumstances.
“There would be dozens of or hundreds of conditions, and there are serious penalties that are valid for fraud issues in participation powers and benefit from the trust position of a lawyer for the principal.
“The law of lawyer’s law actually has criminal penalties attached to him.”
When Mr. Lewis contained a person affected by the demanti, he usually said he was an adult brother who is often trying to make an agreement about the property, and that one or more of the brothers were involved in a lawyer.
“My brother tried to deceive his mother to sell the house to him or to let him have his house when he died, and in the meantime he promised to look at him and believed him. ‘
Mr. Lewis said that such cases could go to court and that another brother who did not try to deceive his vulnerable parents was appointed as finance manager or guardian.
He said that the first thing that no one has to do was to see a lawyer who can handle these cases to weigh the risks of bringing a claim.
“This is happening and happens and will continue to be. We definitely need better laws,” Lewis said.
