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Types of elder abuse

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Rural & remote services

Elder abuse rising, especially in the country

Statistics reveal that one-in six people over 65 will experience elder abuse and it’s more prevalent in remote areas and country towns.

06/07/2024
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Types of elder abuse

VICPOL: not all abuse scars are physical

Police used to look at physical signs of abuse and property damage for evidence of criminal behaviour, but not any more.

09/06/2024
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Ageism

Older Women are doing remarkable things: it’s time for putdowns to end

16/05/2024
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Aged care

Mixed report on aged care performance

16/10/2023
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Responding to elder abuse

Elder abuse 'a lot nastier' amid rise in reported cases

10/09/2023

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Responding to elder abuse

Elder abuse allegations revealed by ex-60 minutes reporter

Watch this video report by Tracey Curro on how elder abuse affected her own family.

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The Australian
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Types of elder abuse

The five types of elder abuse webinar

A Compass webinar to help understand about financial, emotional, psychological, and sexual abuse and neglect.

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webinar
Compass
Yuendumu Looks After Its Elderly At Home Video
Rural & remote services

Yuendumu Looks After Its Elderly At Home

A video showing how Yuendumu people are taking care of their old people so they can stay at home, on country.

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Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
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Preventing elder abuse

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Webinar

On June 15, Seniors Rights Service hosted Stronger Futures webinar that discussed strategies that work to help prevent ...

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Family agreements

What is elder abuse?

This factsheet explains about the different kinds of elder abuse and how to respond to it.

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Legal Aid Queensland
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Financial abuse

Webinar Series for Financial Counsellors

AdvoCare ran a series of webinars for Financial Counsellors to give them the skills and knowledge to help identify and ...

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AdvoCare
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