All webinars / Health & aged care University of Technology Sydney UTS Law and Dementia Australia on the lawyer's role in advance care planning, with medical, legal and lived-experience perspectives on advising clients who are planning ahead.Planning Ahead for Healthcare Decision-Making Webinar
When
12 pm Brisbane · 12:30 pm Adelaide · 10 am Perth · 1 hr
What you’ll learn
- Why comprehensive advance care planning matters legally and practically
- Drafting and advising on advance care planning documents
- Barriers to advance care planning and how to improve its quality
- Medical, ethical and legal perspectives on advance care planning
- Helping clients articulate and record their future preferences
Speakers
Director, Advance Care Planning Australia
Palliative care physician (FRACGP, FAChPM), Director of the Brisbane South Palliative Care Collaborative and of Advance Care Planning Australia, and senior lecturer at Griffith University and the University of Queensland.
Australian Centre for Health Law Research, QUT
Member of the Australian Centre for Health Law Research at Queensland University of Technology who researches legal issues in end-of-life decision-making.
Dementia Advocate, Dementia Australia
Cared for his mother through Huntington's disease and dementia, including making medical decisions for her.
Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
Researches law, health and ageing at UTS Law.
Hosted by
University of Technology Sydney
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public university in central Sydney. UTS Law, with Dementia Australia, runs a 2026 webinar series building dementia capability in the legal profession, pairing legal and health experts with people who live with dementia or care for someone who does. Sessions carry CPD for practitioners in every state and territory. They suit lawyers who advise older clients on wills, powers of attorney and future planning.