Professional resources and tools for elder abuse prevention.

Elder abuse resources

  • Abuse of Older People Response Toolkit
    •  A Holstep Health led guide for professionals working across health, community, and aged care.
  • Digital Age Inclusivity and Accessibility Audit Tool 
    • A tool to support organisations to improve their webpages to be more accessible and inclusive for older people. 
  • Digital Age Inclusivity and Accessibility Audit Tool Report
    • Find out how the Digital Age Inclusivity and Accessibility Audit Tool was developed and how it aligns with with primary prevention strategies. 
  • Elder Abuse continuum poster
    • A simple poster to visualise how different activities across the prevention continuum contribute to the overall goal of preventing elder abuse. 
  • Elder Abuse learning hub
    • Free online modules to support professionals working with older people to respond to elder abuse. 
  • National Elder Abuse Prevalence survey
    • In response to the National Plan to respond to abuse of older Australians, the attorney general funded the National Elder Abuse Prevalence study was released in December 2021. 
  • Compass
    • Developed by national peak body Elder Abuse Action Australia, this website offers a range of resources for prevention and responding to elder abuse for professionals, older people and families. 
  • Australian Human Rights Commission
    • Information from the Age Discrimination Commissioner including videos and help sheets translated into 20 languages: Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, Filipino, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Macedonian, Maltese, Polish, Russian, Serbian and Vietnamese. 

This initiative is funded by the Victorian State Government. 

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