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Elder abuse in Western Australia
— report of a survey conducted for the Department for Community Development - Seniors' Interests | | Author(s) | Duncan Boldy, Matthew Webb, Barbara Horner |
| Corporate Author | Freemasons Centre for Research into Aged Care Services, Curtin University of Technology |
| Publisher | Freemasons Centre for Research into Aged Care Services, Curtin University of Technology, [Perth, WA], 2002 |
| Pages | 40 pp |
| Source | http://www.community.wa.gov.au/NR/rdonlyres/EF41D1... |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Social surveys ; Australia. |
| Annotation | The Department for Community Development - Seniors' Interests in Western Australia (WA) is developing an Elder Abuse Prevention Program, as part of which the Department commissioned the Centre for Research into Aged Care Services (CRACS), Curtin University of Technology, to undertake a survey to establish baseline data on the prevalence of elder abuse in WA. 1017 organisations in WA identified as potentially having contact with older people (age 60+) who could be abused were surveyed by postal questionnaire; 129 general practitioners (GPs) were also surveyed. Of 340 organisations responding, 823 (24%) indicated encountering known or suspected cases of elder abuse. This report presents findings on respondents' perceptions of abuse, and makes recommendations. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080822010 E |
| Classmark | QNT: 3F: 7YA |
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