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Elder abuse community action plan for Victoria Prepared by: Briony Dow, Ellen Gaffy and Kerry Hwang

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Parkville, Vic. : National Ageing Research Institute, 2018Description: electronic document (32 pages) ; PDF fileISBN:
  • 978-0-6481689-1-1
Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: This project aimed to develop an action plan for people and organisations who have a demonstrated commitment to preventing and combating elder abuse. The team from the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) worked in partnership with Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV) and the Elder Abuse Roundtable members, including representatives from advocacy, legal, research, aged and health care service providers and the Office of the Public Advocate (OPA). They reviewed the literature, conducted surveys and focus groups with people working in health and aged care services and elder abuse and family violence services, and identified key gaps in the field of elder abuse and practical actions that can be taken to address these gaps. (From the executive summary). Access the website to view the Public Advocate's launch presentation. Record #5757
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This project aimed to develop an action plan for people and organisations who have a demonstrated commitment to preventing and combating elder abuse. The team from the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) worked in partnership with Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV) and the Elder Abuse Roundtable members, including representatives from advocacy, legal, research, aged and health care service providers and the Office of the Public Advocate (OPA). They reviewed the literature, conducted surveys and focus groups with people working in health and aged care services and elder abuse and family violence services, and identified key gaps in the field of elder abuse and practical actions that can be taken to address these gaps. (From the executive summary). Access the website to view the Public Advocate's launch presentation. Record #5757