21 Jun 2017 Abuse of older people on the rise – Identifying & Responding to Elder Abuse – Hume Whittlesea PCP Elder Abuse Prevention Toolkit Posted by Sharyn Rognrust, Category: Elder Abuse Prevention, Healthy Ageing, Around 1 in 6 older people experience some form of abuse, a figure higher than previously estimated ... Read more
10 May 2017 Family Violence Workers – have your say…. Posted by Sharyn Rognrust, Category: Aged Care, Allied Health, Domestic Violence, Elder Abuse Prevention, Family Violence, Frontline staff, Policy & Practice, Prevention of violence against women, Violence Against Women, Victoria’s first family violence workforce census is live until 19 May 2017. Anyone whose work int ... Read more
29 Mar 2017 Progress on Family Violence and Elder Abuse Prevention Posted by Sharyn Rognrust, Category: Elder Abuse Prevention, Family Violence, Healthy Ageing, Elder abuse was formally recognised as a form of family violence by the Royal Commission into Family ... Read more
04 Oct 2016 Week Without Violence 17-21st October Posted by Sharyn Rognrust, Category: Australian Families, Children & Families, Domestic Violence, Elder Abuse Prevention, Family Violence, Violence Against Women, The Week Without Violence (WWV) is a worldwide campaign that occurs in the third week of October, ea ... Read more
29 Jun 2015 Here’s an idea: just stop punching women! Posted by Sharyn Rognrust, Category: Elder Abuse Prevention, Family Violence, Health & Wellbeing, Integrated Health Promotion, Prevention, Prevention of violence against women, When clinical psychologist Sallee McLaren wrote an article suggesting women were partly to blame for ... Read more
29 Jun 2015 National Elder Abuse Conference Abstract Submissions Due Soon! Posted by Sharyn Rognrust, Category: Conference, eHealth & Service Coordination, Elder Abuse Prevention, Family Violence, Health & Wellbeing, Healthy Ageing, Prevention, Prevention of violence against women, Don't forget to submit your abstract for consideration in the conference program for the 4th Natio ... Read more