A leading Australian bank has urged older people to remain vigilant against financial abuse and scams on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Older Australians are the most likely to falls victim to scams, including card fraud, identity theft, and various ...
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‘Unfair, heavy weight’ on staff’s shoulders to reduce sexual assault: podcast
The government must introduce significant reforms to deal with the high rates of sexual assault in residential care homes, experts have said. Recent revelations that 50 sexual assaults occur in an aged care home each week have drawn attention to ...
More »Increased risk of abuse due to COVID-19: landmark report
Aged care residents faced an increased risk of abuse, delays in clinical assessments and forced admission into care during COVID-19, a new landmark report has detailed. The Older Person’s Advocacy Network (OPAN) released the first public insight into the experiences ...
More »Older women need targeted focus in next violence prevention plan: advocates
Advocates and experts have said that a lack of affordable housing and elder abuse must be spotlighted in the upcoming national plan to reduce violence against women and their children. Political leaders, advocates and victim-survivors recently convened for a national ...
More »A national model to combat financial abuse needed: experts
The nation’s top legal and ageing experts are calling on the commonwealth to enact nationally consistent laws to prevent elder financial abuse. President of the Law Council of Australia Dr Jacoba Bransch QC, convened a national roundtable in July to ...
More »Aged care royal commission releases elder abuse estimates
New research is adding some depth to the picture of elder abuse in Australia, with a royal commission paper estimating more than a third of Australians living in aged care facilities have faced neglect, emotional abuse or physical abuse. Around ...
More »Elder abuse reporting rules to change with new aged care scheme
Aged care homes will soon be required to report resident on resident abuse where the perpetrator has an assessed cognitive impairment. The removal of the current exemption will be part of the rollout of the Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS). ...
More »Calling it out: the role of the whistleblower in aged care
Blowing the whistle or 'dobbing in' a manager or work colleague for illegal or unethical behaviour might seem at odds with Australian culture, but that’s the service a Melbourne-based company is providing for a range of businesses. In the current ...
More »Elder abuse alliance to work to end “scourge on society”
Quelling elder abuse will be the charge of a national alliance, officially launched yesterday by Commonwealth Attorney-General Christian Porter, at an event hosted by Seniors Rights Service. The Federal Government earmarked funding for a new elder abuse peak body in ...
More »Elder abuse ‘prevalent’
Coinciding with World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, the National Ageing Research Institute has called for elder abuse to be placed on the national agenda. According to clinical associate professor at NARI Briony Dow, Australia should take elder abuse more seriously, ...
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