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Legal Links
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here for some relevant Legislation Links
Australia - National
Commonwealth
Commonwealth Department
of Family and Community Services has several useful sites.
Social Security Policy and Legislation is a library containing the
Guide to Social Security Law and the Social Security Law.
Seniors information on topics such as moving house, retirees' choices,
residence choices, and understanding retirement income streams is available
here.
The Commonwealth
Department of Veterans Affairs also hase useful information.
Australian Department of Health and Aged
Care
Aged
Care Standards and Accreditation Agency
The Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity
Commission has several sites relating to Elder Law:
Important Legislation
Aged
Care Act 1997
The Australian
Law Reform Commission's Report, "The
coming of age - new aged care legislation for the Commonwealth," a
review of legislation administered by Department of Human Services and
Health.
Euthanasia
Laws Act 1997
New South Wales
Ageing and Disability Department
New South Wales Attorney-General's Department
Law Society of NSW: Legal Help
Links
to NSW Legislation
Victoria
Department of Veterans Affairs (Victoria)
Department
of Human Services, Aged, Community and Mental Health
Equal
Opportunity Commission of Victoria, including links to "Age Limits: Age-related
discrimination in employment affecting workers over 45"
Legislation
Guardianship
and Administration Act 1986
Queensland
Australasian
Centre for Ageing
Central Queensland
Institute of TAFE (CQIT) Libraries Aged Care Internet Links
Department of Families
Public
Trustee
Links
to Queensland Legislation
South Australia
Department of Human Services
South
Australian Network for Research on Ageing
Links
to South Australian Legislation
Tasmania
Department of Health and Human Services
Western Australia
Office of Seniors' Interests
Ministry
of Justice, including information about Guardianship and Administration,
Enduring Power of Attorney and Wills, Estates and Trusts
Ministry
of Fair Trading, information about retirement villages
Links
to Western Australian Legislation
Australian Capital Territory
Dept
of Justice and Community Safety
Public
Trustee
Office of the Community Advocate, including guardianship, informed consent
to health care treatment and enduring power of attorney http://www.oca.act.gov.au/
Legislation
Guardianship
and Management of Property Act 1991
Powers
of Attorney Act 1956
Other Australian Sites
About
Seniors
Aged and Community Services Australia
(formerly Aged Care Australia) describes itself as "the national peak
body of not for profit church, charitable and community providers of aged
and community services." The page contains links to legislation, housing
and tax reform.
Aged
Care Accreditation and Standards Agency
"Ageing
Well," the official Journal of the National Ageing Research Institute
Alma
Unit for Women and Ageing, Australia's first multi-disciplinary research
and teaching unit focussing on the health and well being of women aged
65 years and over
Alzheimer's
Association of Australia Inc
The
Australian Association of Gerontology
The
Australian Institute of Family Studies
Australian
Institute of Health and Welfare
Australian
Nursing Homes and Extended Care Association
Australian
Society for Geriatric Medicine
Centre
for Ageing Studies
Centre
for Education and Research on Ageing
Combined
Pensioners and Superannuants Association of NSW Inc.
Council
on the Ageing
Reference
information on older people
compiled by Helen Scott, Information Manager,
Council on the Ageing (Australia)
The
Gerontology Foundation of Australia
La
Trobe University Health Law
Lincoln
Gerontology Centre
The
National Ageing Research Institute Incorporated
National
Information Centre on Retirement Investments,
an independent and confidential service for those investing
for retirement or facing redundancy
National
Library of Australia, The Aged in Australia : A Research Guide and Select
Bibliography of Australian Publications
National
Seniors Association
Research
Centre for Study of Ageing and Retirement
Senior link
Universities
of the Third Age online
United Kingdom sites
"With
Respect to Old Age: Long Term Care - Rights and Responsibilities," A Report
by The Royal Commission on Long Term Care.
Centre
for Pensions and Social Insurance, a research centre and network managed
jointly by Birkbeck College and City University, London
Sites from United States of
America
Catalaw
(catalogues of worldwide law on the Internet) - Elder Law)
The
Elder Law Journal
The
National Elder Law Network
Legal
Research guide, Elder Law
Michigan
Center for Urban African American Aging Research
National
Academy of Elder Lawyers
National
Aging Information Center Web Site
ResearchWire
Discoveries in Elder Law by Genie Tyburski - a guide to researching issues in Elder Law.
United
States Senate Special Committee on Aging
University
of Illinois Elder Law Journal
Sites in Canada
British
Columbia Law Institute
Sites in New Zealand
New
Zealand Institute for Research on Ageing
International
International
Association of Gerontology
International
Federation on Ageing
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