Master crucial ethical judgments when clients lose capacity. Navigate power disparities and uphold professional standards with tailored, client-focused advice.
This session provides participants with background on elder abuse and up-to-date case law surrounding both the broader landscape of elder abuse and the specific role of the adviser within it. As one in six older Australians will experience some form of elder abuse, this course is critical for advisers seeking to understand the risks faced by clients and the professionals who serve them.
Using an engaging, case-study-driven approach, the course illustrates the complexities advisers may encounter in practice, offering essential insights into navigating high-stakes scenarios while upholding professional standards and acting in the best interests of clients.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
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Client Director | Pitcher Partners Advisors
After a career as a lawyer, leading two of Australia’s largest national estate planning teams, Anna is currently a client director within the Family Office team at Pitcher Partners. While studying her combined Bachelor of Arts (Hons)/Law (Hons), Anna studied in Berlin with a German government scholarship to research her thesis topic investigating the language of fear in a series of letters written by Jewish refugees escaping Vienna to Melbourne in 1937. After being admitted as a legal practitioner, she initially focussed on Elder Law, later becoming an accredited specialist in the area of Wills & Estates as well as a member of the Society of Estate and Trust Practitioners. During her time as a legal practitioner, she has focussed on complex estate planning and assisting high net worth individuals to understand their estate planning objectives. Anna also became host of Australian Unity’s popular podcast “What Happens When I Die?” and served as legal consultant on seasons two and three of the ABC’s award-winning television series “Fisk”. In her spare time, Anna is Vice President of the Macleod College school council and is the past president of Probus Women’s Housing Committee, providing low-cost accommodation to elderly women in Melbourne.
