Legal resources

Assets for Care: A Guide for Lawyers to Assist Older Clients at Risk of Financial Abuse

The Law Handbook Online - a practical guide to the law in Victoria

Law4Community - a new website from Fitzroy Legal Service providing legal information relevant to the community sector

Foolkit - a legal portal that helps you find other law-related sites and resources

Victoria Law - access to plain language resources about the legal system and about legal issues that affect Victorians

Useful agencies

Office of the Public Advocate

State Trustees Limited

Victorian Civil and Administrative Appeals Tribunal (VCAT)

Aged Care Assessment Service (ACAS) -   ACAS contact list 2010 (pdf, 14 kb)

Elder Rights Advocacy (ERA) - an aged care rights and advocacy service for older people (or their representatives)

Carers Victoria

Alzheimers Australia

Elder abuse tool kits for service providers

A series of elder abuse tool kits for service providers were developed by Primary Care Partnerships across Victoria during 2012. The following list provides links to these in different regions.

• Banyule, Darebin - NE PCP Elder Abuse Prevention Tool Kit
• Bendigo Elder Abuse Prevention Tool Kit
• Frankston/Mornington Peninsula Elder Abuse Prevention Tool Kit
• Ganawarra Elder Abuse Prevention Guide
• Gippsland Elder Abuse Prevention Information Kit
• Hume Elder Abuse Prevention Tool Kit 
• Hume/Whittlesea PCP Elder Abuse Prevention Tool Kit
• Loddon Mallee elder abuse prevention toolkits and other localised resources
• Mooney Valley - Doutta Galla Sample Elder Abuse Policy 
• Moreland Elder Abuse Tool Kit 2012 - Aged Care Services
• North West Metro (Inner) Elder Abuse Policy Kit
• Southern Metro Region Elder Abuse Prevention Tool Kit
• Western Metro Region Elder Abuse Prevention Flowchart
• Yarra Aged and Disability Network elder abuse prevention toolkit

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