Seniors are being urged to seek free legal advice after more than $3 million was recovered for victims of elder abuse in Victoria and New South Wales (NSW).
Legal Aid NSW said elder abuse came in many forms but was most commonly in a “granny flat” arrangement where the older person has given a significant sum of money to a child in return for the promise of care.
Agreements—verbal or simply written—can be heavily weighed in favour of the child.
“We have had several clients come to us with this issue who are on the verge of homelessness,” Mary Lovelock, the senior solicitor at Legal Aid’s Elder Abuse Service, said on Monday….