by Reception | Oct 24, 2017 | Elder Abuse
In 2015, Advocare has released its first National Elder Abuse Annual report and the results are disturbing: As many as 1 in 5 older Australians may be elder abuse victims and the biggest perpetrators are their own children, the report says. The report shows that of...
by Reception | Sep 18, 2017 | Elder Abuse
Australia’s ageing population means that the pressure to care for an increasingly frail generation is mounting on nursing homes and their workers. The government is encouraging Australians to stay at home for as long as possible as they age, but this means that...
by Reception | Sep 13, 2017 | Elder Abuse
Be careful who you choose as the executor of your estate; sometimes the temptation to commit fraud can be too much. A jealous son who was sick of his brother being the ‘favourite’, was jailed for four years for cheating his brother out of a $1.5 million...
by Reception | Aug 18, 2017 | Elder Abuse
Adjunct Associate Professor Dale Bagshaw, an expert in mediation at the University of South Australia, has called for more preventative measures to be put into place to protect our elderly citizens. She says this is due to the rising incidence of the most common type...
by Reception | Aug 4, 2017 | Elder Abuse
Elder abuse awareness is one of the most important tools in combating this insidious form of violence, manipulation and coercion. Elder abuse occurs in multiple forms. The signs usually go unnoticed and the victims are threatened to stay quiet, which is why elder...
