Everyone's Business: Research into responses to the abuse of older people (elder abuse) in Western Australia

Authors

Catriona Stevens, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Loretta Baldassar, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Eileen O'Brian
Ekaterini Cokis
Lukasz Krzyzowski
Maria Greta Carleze Du Plooy, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Bronte Jones, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Gaynor Noonan
Fran Ottolini

Document Type

Journal Article

Publisher

Social Ageing (SAGE) Futures Lab

School

School of Arts and Humanities

RAS ID

62201

Funders

The Western Australian Department of Communities provided the funding for this study as part of the WA Strategy to Respond to the Abuse of Older People (Elder Abuse) 2019-2019.

Comments

Stevens, C., Baldassar, L., O’Brien, E., Cokis, E., Krzyzowski, L., Du Plooy, M.G.C., Jones, B., Noonan, G. & Ottolini, F. (2023). Everyone’s business: Research into responses to the abuse of older people (elder abuse) in Western Australia. Perth: Social Ageing (SAGE) Futures Lab.

https://www.wa.gov.au/government/document-collections/elder-abuse-support-services-and-resources

Abstract

The abuse and mistreatment of older people is a complex social issue that occurs across all societies, cultures and socio-economic groups in varying forms, contexts, and relationships.1 It is arguably, the least visible and least well understood form of abuse. Population ageing, both nationally and globally, has highlighted the need to address this issue as more people are spending more years of their life in older age and potentially experiencing abuse during this time...

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