Here, you’ll find tools and information to help you recognise, address, and prevent elder abuse. Explore our resources for the latest research, practical guides, and strategies for intervention and support.
Resources for Practitioners
- Seniors Rights Safety Planning with Older People The Elder Abuse Response Toolkit is an easily accessible web page containing simple, plain language elder abuse information for anyone who works with older people. It answers many of the questions workers contact Seniors Rights Victoria to ask.
- Seniors online Victoria Fact Sheet
- Inheritance: Not an entitlement discussion guide How to talk about inheritence entitlement and elder abuse
- Identifying and responding to elder abuse in intergenerational households – a response resource for workers
Resources for Clients
- Safety Plan This Help Sheet will help you to think about planning for your safety in an emergency. You can also use it to record details of your own safety plan. The information here is a guide to help you think about what may work for your circumstances.
- Older, Not Alone This new website includes information, resources and support services for elder abuse.
General Resources and Research
- Preventing Elder Abuse Details of the Victorian governments initiatives to prevent and respond
- Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria Bilingual education kit in range of languages & short fill ‘Within My Walls’
- Seniors Rights Victoria
- Elder Rights Advocacy ERA provides information and advocacy regarding elder abuse occurring within aged care services (residential and home care).
- Domestic Violence Resource Centre
- Process for Welfare Checks
- National Elder Abuse Prevalence Study: Summary report