Older Chinese migrants often remain highly dependent on younger family members to care for them. Their withdrawal can leave the elders unable to meet their basic needs.
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Consumers lose more than $5 billion a year to fraud involving gift cards, while the industry exploits regulatory loopholes and delays solutions.
Consumers lose more than $5 billion a year to fraud involving gift cards, while the industry exploits regulatory loopholes and delays solutions.
The Australian government hopes an ad campaign will raise awareness to stop elder abuse. But it may do more harm than good.
Recent studies have shown fraud is an even bigger problem than people realise.
Elder abuse is common and can be devastating. New research has uncovered four key reasons older people do not seek the help they need with the abuse.
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day highlights the increasing population of older adults around the world and the accompanying rise in elder mistreatment.
Someone who is self-aware may be a better choice then your nearest and dearest, when it comes to enacting your will and preferences as you age.
Research shows that violence between patients is prevalent, often overlooked and largely unaddressed.
There are around 50 sexual assaults in Australian aged care homes every week. But staff are expected to assess the severity and impact of incidents without training.
Spears’ battle to end her conservatorship may lead to reforms.
Older adults’ experience of violent death is different to that of younger adults, our new research finds.
Thanks to review upon review, we have plenty of evidence about the problems in aged care. But federal governments have shown ‘a lack of willingness to commit to change’.
Safety measures put in place to protect older people from contracting COVID-19 may also be placing them at greater risk of experiencing abuse.
People often associate the holidays with children, leaving older adults out of mind, but there’s reason to pay attention to them at this time of year. They are a prime target for financial scammers.
Ever more Americans are using digital cameras to keep an eye on elderly relatives who live in nursing homes. This surveillance may violate patients’ privacy and demoralize their caretakers.
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is June 15; were you aware? Not many people are, yet abuse is growing. Two experts explain the trend and offer possible solutions.
Parents and children rarely put agreements about granny flats in writing and almost never consult a lawyer. But when these arrangements go wrong, the consequences can be disastrous and costly for all.
By the time the aged care royal commission’s recommendations lead to improvements in our nursing homes, four cohorts of residents will have died. Here’s why.
Eliminating sexual assault in nursing homes is a major challenge which starts with acknowledging it exists and recognising the scale of this abuse.
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Professor, Aged Care Medical Research Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care, La Trobe University
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Professor of Law, Discipline of Law, Justice and Society, Adelaide University
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Investigative Journalist, The Conversation
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Teaching Professor at WVU
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Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Research Assistant, Monash University
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Monash University
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Associate Lecturer, Macquarie University
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Research assistant, Monash University
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Professor of Chemistry and Senior Scientist of the Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, University of Toronto
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Reader in Nursing Ethics, University of Surrey
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Law, University of Virginia
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Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington