This consultation process focuses on addressing financial elder abuse and achieving greater consistency in laws for financial enduring powers of attorney. This discussion paper contains eight areas for proposed law reform, as well as policy context and detailed explanations of each law reform proposal.

In the AIFS 2021 Survey of Older People, the prevalence of elder abuse with regard to advance planning arrangements varied according to the degree to which older people have formal wills, power of attorney arrangements or other types of family agreements.

Advance directives (ADs) are written or oral instructions concerning future health care interventions such as life sustaining treatments. The aim of the research was to explore perspectives of older people from faith communities regarding ADs.

This report makes 48 recommendations with a particular focus on fraud, financial abuse, substitute decision making, and family agreements.