conference proceedings

Ageing Safely Forum
Working across sectors to prevent violence & abuse of older people

The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre

Adelaide SA, 22nd - 23rd October, 2009

NB: Content provided here is a combination of powerpoint presentation (PP) and transcriptions of verbal presentations (VP)

Day 1 - 22nd October 2009		Day 2 - 23rd October 2009
Keynote addresses The disappearing age: a strategy to address violence against older women Ludo McFerran, Australian Domestic & Family Violence Clearinghouse Preventing the abuse of older people by their family members Associate Professor Dale Bagshaw, School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia		Training across sectors Training and resources, Patricia Tierney, ECAV, Education Centre Against Violence, NSW (PP) Collaborative training practice part 1 , Jill Duncan, CASA House, Centre Against Sexual Assault, VIC (PP) Collaborative training practice part 2 , Margot Scott, DVRC, Domestic Violence Resource Centre, VIC (VP)
		Health and the older person Health & Wellbeing for Older Women, Melina Isgro-Rarp, The Benevolent Society NSW (PP) Engaging General Practitioners?, Matina Mottee, OWN NSW, OlderWomen’s Network (VP) Community nurses and abuse in palliative care , Sheryl Grossman (VP)
State-wide Protocols and Approaches (PP) NSW interagency protocol for responding to abuse of older people, Sigrid Patterson, Director of the Office for Ageing, NSW Victorian Government practice guidelines for health services and community agencies for the prevention of elder abuse, Alison Beckett, Senior Policy Officer Policy and Analysis Unit, Aged Care Branch, Victorian, Department of Health, VIC Improving with Age: Our Ageing Plan for South Australia, Helen Ottaway, Chief Policy Officer, Office for the Ageing, SA Developing protocols to recognise and manage Elder Abuse, Mary Kepert, Alliance for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, WA Office for Ageing, Fiona Baillie, Elder Abuse Project Officer, Office for Ageing, Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services, ACT		Legal Support in a Collaborative System Legal Support in a Collaborative System Panel part 1 , Judica Cornelis, Seniors Legal and Support Service QLD (VP) Legal Support in a Collaborative System Panel part 2 , Fiona Payne, Seniors Legal and Support Service QLD (VP) Specialist police unit for abuse of older people , Joanne Howard, South Australia Police, SA (VP)
On the role of aged and disability advocacy in the NT (VP) On the role of Aged and Disability Advocacy in the NT, Gail Marsh & Lorraine Gibbs, Aged and Disability Rights Team (ADRT), part of Darwin Community Legal Service (DCLS)		Living in the Community (PP) Consider Robert, Alice Rota-Bartelink, Wintringham VIC Living in the Community, Cathy Lock, Domiciliary Care SA
Workshop summation, Australian Domestic & Family Violence Clearinghouse