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Working Together to Tackle Elder Abuse

Learn more about an interdisciplinary approach to tackling elder abuse in our community.

    Last updated: 22 August 2023
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    Working Together to Tackle Elder Abuse by the Elder Abuse Service, Legal Aid, NSW

    Why we need to work together to tackle elder abuse Elder abuse comes in many forms – financial, psychological, physical, sexual and neglect. There are al...

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    Working Together to Tackle Elder Abuse Webinar

    Watch the Elder Abuse Service, Legal Aid NSW team discuss how their interdisciplinary approach has enabled them to better understand, prevent and respond to elder abuse. The team consists of Mary Lovelock, Senior Solicitor, Tanya Chapman, Solicitor and Lynn McLennan, Social Worker.

    Compass held a webinar where the Legal Aid NSW team provide examples of how their interdisciplinary team works together to provide the best solution for the client. An interdisciplinary team is defined as a group of professionals from diverse fields who work in a coordinated fashion towards a common goal for the client.

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    Speak Up Campaign

    Elder abuse is a community problem. The Speak Up campaign aims to raise awareness of this problem.

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    Nurse reprimanded for aggression towards elderly patients

    A Queenstown nurse has been officially reprimanded and temporarily removed from practice for using excessive force against frail, elderly patients.

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    Join an elder abuse awareness session

    If you’d like to understand more about elder abuse, how to spot it, how to respond, and how to prevent it, you’re welcome to this free session.

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    The workshop explores what can be done to better prevent and manage unwanted sexual behaviour in residential aged care.

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    Financial Wellbeing: Elder abuse and capacity in financial decision-making

    Financial support and education for older women. Join the team from Northern Suburbs Community Legal to explore how to ...

    27/8/24
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    Watch this video report by Tracey Curro on how elder abuse affected her own family.

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