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Supported Decision-Making video resource
As part of the Living My Life project, a number of video resources have been developed for organisations and profession...
Preventing financial elder abuse webinar
A Compass webinar that discusses how to understand, prevent, and respond to the financial abuse of older people.
Making and enduring power of attorney webinar
A Compass webinar to help you understand why an Enduring Power of Attorney is an important planning tool to ensure your...
Who commits elder abuse? Webinar
A Compass webinar to help understand how and why people commit abuse against older people.
Sexual abuse of older women webinar
A Compass webinar that discusses this often misunderstood and under-reported form of elder abuse
Working together to tackle elder abuse webinar
A Compass webinar where the Elder Abuse Service, Legal Aid NSW team discuss how their interdisciplinary approach has en...
The five types of elder abuse webinar
A Compass webinar to help understand about financial, emotional, psychological, and sexual abuse and neglect.
Responding to elder abuse webinar
A Compass webinar to help understand how to recognise elder abuse and respond in the right way, with insights to help n...
Recognising elder abuse webinar
A Compass webinar to help identify the key risk factors and early warning signs connected to the abuse of older people.
Preventing elder abuse webinar
A Compass webinar to help identify the ways you can reduce and minimise the risks of elder abuse.
LGBTQI+ people and elder abuse webinar
A Compass webinar designed to explore the unique vulnerabilities of older LGBTQIA+ people and real life examples of eld...
Grandparent alienation webinar
A Compass webinar designed to help you learn more about how and why grandparents can be denied access to their grandchi...
Family agreements webinar
A Compass webinar designed to help you learn more about why and whether you should establish a family agreement.
Ageism webinar
A Compass webinar to help understand what ageism is and how ageist stereotypes can lead to discrimination and mistreatm...
National Domestic and Family Violence Bench Book 2023
This digital benchbook provides an overview of legal procedure for judges and others interested in the law who deal wit...
The 7 National Principles to address coercive control: for Lawyers
Family lawyers must be aware of how violence can affect their clients and their client’s case, and therefore be able to...
On Point video interview - Enduring Powers of Attorney with Robert Fitzgerald AM, Age Discrimination Commissioner
What does Australia’s new Age Discrimination Commissioner think about the growing problem of elder abuse? In this epi...
On Point Podcast - Enduring Powers of Attorney with Robert Fitzgerald AM, Age Discrimination Commissioner
What does Australia’s new Age Discrimination Commissioner think about the growing problem of elder abuse? In this episo...
Conversations on Ageing: Ageism and human rights for older people
Geraldine Doogue and Pat Sparrow talk to Briony Dow, Head of the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI), in this ser...
Police checks in Aged Care
This web page explains the importance of maintaining safe, respectful, and lawful treatment of vulnerable, at-risk peop...
Palliative Care Report Tasmania 2024
The latest from Tasmania where advocates have called for better planning and prioritisation of palliative care.
Confronting ageing: the talk Australia has to have
An article by the Sydney University that discusses how the way communities are built will shift as the population does:...
When Home Isn’t Safe: Talking About Elder Abuse
A resource page for workers in the aged care industry.
Older Australians: Justice and Safety
This government web page presents information relating to issues around justice and safety for older Australians.
Elder abuse: the older person’s experience
A report containing interviews and answers of 24 people to better understand their experience of elder abuse, intervent...
2022-2023 Community Visitor Annual Report
The report discloses troubling instances of abuse, neglect, and violence within disability group homes, Supported Resid...
More than a cure: 25 years of dementia research
The report highlights some of the more than 380 research projects that have advanced over the last 25 years because of ...
Aged Care resources for veterans
This government website provides videos, guides, and contacts for older veterans, their family, carers, and aged care p...
Veterans guide for living independently
This book has been developed to help you, your family, and carers better understand the types of services that the Depa...
Roundtable on the rights of the older person webinar
Watch the OPAN roundtable to hear what expert panellists had to say on ageing with your rights intact.
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