You Decide Who Decides is a series of videos that covers each Australian state and territory, and explains important things to think about before making an enduring power for financial decisions.
Financial decisions, big or small, are important for everyone’s wellbeing and security at any time in life, but they are vital as people age.
If you lose the ability to manage your own financial affairs, how will they be handled? Who will decide to pay your bills or choose how your care will be funded?
Making an Advance Personal Plan is an important thing to get right, because it is the document that will outline how you want decisions made about your financial affairs if you can’t make them yourself.
Compass was joined by Liz Samra from the ACT Human Rights Commission for an important conversation about making an Enduring Power of Attorney in the ACT.
And everyone had their questions ready for this Q&A event
Learn about the new edition of You Decide Who Decides.
Find out more about why you should consider making an Enduring Power of Attorney for your financial decisions.
If you do decide to make an Enduring Power of Attorney, we discussed how You Decide Who Decides will help you reduce the risk of things going wrong
Liz Samra has been active in advocating for the rights of older people for almost 20 years. She is currently working as a principal conciliator at the ACT Human Rights Commission where she manages a large volume of complaints about the abuse, neglect and exploitation of older people and people with disability.
Prior to this, Liz helped set up and manage the Older Persons Legal Service at Legal Aid ACT and was the principal solicitor of a specialist elder abuse legal and advocacy service in Victoria for many years.