It’s estimated that one in five older Australians will experience some form of financial abuse in their lifetime (ABS). Financial elder abuse is the theft or misuse of an older person’s money, assets or property. Learn how to prevent yourself or someone you know from suffering financial elder abuse.

Listen to The Hon Dr Kay Patterson AO (Age Discrimination Commissioner) discuss how to understand, prevent and respond to the financial abuse of older people. She is joined by Christine Cupitt (Executive Director – Policy of the Australian Banking Association), Brian Herd (Partner in Brisbane law firm CRH Law), Daniel Coase (Senior Policy Officer, Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia) and Moderator, Caroline Baum.

This podcast is from Compass’ featured topics program, which includes a webinar, an article and featured topics page on Compass. The Hon Kay Patterson AO was the guest editor for Compass in August 2020, where she discussed methods to prevent financial abuse of older people. 

More about the moderator:

Caroline Baum, Moderator. Caroline is an accomplished journalist, former broadcaster, high-requested moderator, curator and photographer. Caroline is the author of ONLY, a Singular Memoir about her relationship with her parents, whom she became a carer for in their old age.

More about the participants:

The Hon Dr Kay Patterson AO is the Age Discrimination Commissioner. Kay began her role as the Age Discrimination Commissioner on 29th July 2016. She has demonstrated a strong interest in the issues affecting older people throughout her professional life. In her role, Kay’s focus is on the rights of older workers, the blight of elder abuse and the need to encourage innovative solutions to homelessness and the risk of homelessness amongst older Australians.

Brian Herd is a partner with the Brisbane law firm, CRH Law. He practices in Elder Law or law relating to older people (and their families) and is regarded as one of Australia's leading lawyers in this important area of later life.

Christine Cupitt is the Executive Director – Policy of the Australian Banking Association. Chris works with our member banks to set policy strategy and develop advocacy policy on financial services, consumer protection regulation and corporate governance. With a professional focus on protecting consumer interests, Chris is responsible for developing culture initiatives, contributing to innovation and reform in banking, and promoting robust governance and professional standards.

Daniel Coase is a Senior Policy Officer at the Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia. From 2013 he established and led a team within ACT Health set up to improve the organisation’s response to diversity. The initial focus was on consumers and staff from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. The team was then expanded to include work on the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people, and people living with disabilities.

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