As Australia’s population ages, lawyers across many areas of practice can expect to encounter clients with dementia. Learn to prevent the financial and other abuse of these clients and become a ‘dementia-capable’ legal practitioner with this online short course from UTS Open.

About this course

Clients with or at risk of dementia are often vulnerable to elder abuse. This self-paced short course will equip you with strategies to prevent it, with an emphasis on financial exploitation in power of attorney and asset for care arrangements.

You’ll explore how and why people with dementia become vulnerable to abuse, as well as developments in legislation and legal service models that respond to this growing problem.

This short course is part of a training series that develops lawyers’ knowledge and skills as ‘dementia-capable’ practitioners, with a focus on the following attributes: knowledge, professionalism, legal rights and risks and capacity. Other courses in the series include Understanding Dementia: Facts and Foundations (on-demand) and Planning Ahead: Focus on Advance Care Planning (on-demand).

Key benefits of this course

This on-demand short course will enable participants to:

Gain an understanding of the common types of elder abuse and warning signs
Implement strategies for preventing abuse in financial and property arrangements
Respond to situations of elder abuse in ways that support clients' needs
Build upon their existing professional expertise to become a dementia-capable legal practitioner
Earn Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points: for NSW lawyers seeking to include this study towards their legal CPD requirements, note that completion of this short course may count as 2 CPD units (one legal CPD unit per hour).

Price

Full price: $360 (GST-free)*

*Price subject to change. Please check price at time of purchase.

Discounts are available for this course. For further details and to verify if you qualify, please check the Discounts section under Additional course information.

Enrolment conditions

Course purchase is subject to UTS Open Terms and Conditions.

COVID-19 response

UTS complies with latest Government health advice. Delivery of all courses complies with the UTS response to COVID-19.

Additional course information

Course outline

Participants access this course via UTS’ user-friendly online learning management system, Canvas. The course content is presented in engaging and interactive ways. Throughout the course participants will:

Complete self-assessment activities to reflect on their current knowledge and attitudes, including sharing experiences with peers through discussion posts
Compile their own ‘Dementia-Capable Toolkit’ by downloading tools and checklists presented within the course and also through searching for further resources available in their state/territory of practice
Experience interactive features which offer engaging summaries of current research
Benefit from audio and video clips providing insights on course topics from medical and legal practitioners and dementia advocates.

This self-paced course is designed to take participants approximately 2 hours to complete, however you may choose to spend more time exploring suggested readings and resources in compiling your ‘Dementia-Capable Toolkit’.

Course learning objectives

This short course will equip participants to:

Define key types of elder abuse
Recognise when clients are vulnerable to elder abuse by identifying 'red flags'
Adopt strategies for preventing financial abuse of vulnerable clients, especially in power of attorney and asset for care arrangements
Respond to situations of elder abuse in ways that respect and support clients’ needs
Critically consider legislative and legal service responses to elder abuse

Requirements

Mandatory

Participants in this course access materials via the Canvas learning management system (LMS) and will require:

Access to a computer or device with a reliable internet connection
An operating system and a web browser compatible with the Canvas LMS
Speakers or headphones for audio.

Discounts

Discounts are available for this course as follows:

Group enrolment of 5 or more from the same organisation: 15% discount
- To take up this offer, email law.shortcourses@uts.edu.au with
- your organisation’s name and ABN,
- the course name and date and
- the number of people in your group (minimum of 5 participants).

UTS alumni and current students: 10% discount with voucher code Lawalumni
UTS staff: 10% discount

Discounts cannot be combined and only one discount can be applied per person per course session. Discounts can only be applied to the full price. Discounts cannot be applied to any offered special price.

How to enrol and obtain your UTS staff discount

Please contact the team at support@open.uts.edu.au to clarify payment options and the 10% staff discount code.

How to apply your discount voucher

If you are eligible for a UTS alumni or student discount, please ensure you have provided your UTS student number in your UTS Open Profile(under “A bit about you”). If you are an alumni and have forgotten your UTS student number, email support@utsopen.uts.edu.au with your full name, UTS degree and year of commencement.
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Contact us

For any questions on enrolment or payment, please email support@open.uts.edu.au

If you have a specific question on course content or requirements, please email law.shortcourses@uts.edu.au

Who is this course for?

This short course has been designed for lawyers working in a variety of legal disciplines, including (but not limited to):

General practice
Will/estates, elder law and related areas
Community legal practice.

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