What role for real property in combatting financial elder abuse through assets for care arrangements?

Abstract

This paper examines a particular type of transaction between older people and their adult children: the 'Assets for Care' or 'Family Accommodation' arrangements Its aim is twofold: a. to provide an update of recent legal consideration of this type of transaction and; b. to provide new and novel suggestions from equity and property law that may assist in regulating Assets for Care arrangements.