by Brian Herd | Jun 26, 2018 | Health Law and Ethics Uncategorised
What is the price for martyrdom in a family? This is becoming an increasingly common question being asked by the ‘martyr’ children in families. As aged care becomes more expensive, families are internalising the caring arrangements for their ageing parents and keeping...
by Brian Herd | Jul 11, 2017 | Health Law and Ethics
You’re right (the customer always is) – why would you want to spend good money on doing a document that only benefits other people, not you – such as a Will. I mean, look what you’ve already given in hand outs to your family and now, on your celestial transfer, you’re...
by Brian Herd | Jun 2, 2017 | Health Law and Ethics
In my previous article about the effect of size on families, I discussed the will making issues that can arise in large families. This article addresses the issues in making an Enduring Power of Attorney (EPOA) – the document where you appoint people to make decisions...
by Brian Herd | Jun 2, 2017 | Health Law and Ethics
Before the introduction of television as a form of contraception, there were few effective electronic conjugal distractions for many of us at night. As a consequence, the current older generation tended to produce a large number of children. In their later lives, that...
by Brian Herd | Apr 28, 2017 | Health Law and Ethics
Many families have been there – Mum has had a fall and is languishing in hospital. The medical advice (and the hospital’s demand) is that she can’t go home but needs to go into an aged care facility and, by the way, pronto, because she’s what they call a ‘bed...