Elder abuse Posts

Ministers, Make CARP Concerns Your Priority

July 12, 2013

Ministers, Make CARP Concerns Your Priority CARP is taking our advocacy on healthcare reform and elder abuse ...

CARP Advocacy Highlights

July 12, 2013

Editor's Note: Welcome to CARP's Advocacy Highlights, a column that will give you the elevator pitch on all of our ...

Seniors marginalized by youth-obsessed society: Goar

July 12, 2013

Ageism is the one form of discrimination Canadians still practise freely. Some people don’t know it’s wrong. Some ...

CARP Elder Abuse Poll Report

June 28, 2013

  June 28, 2013: A small but insistent proportion of members have been abused as elders across the years ...

Elder Abuse Resources, Where to Look, Who to Call and How to Talk to Someone you think Might be A Victim

June 14, 2013

July 14th 2013: Since June 15th is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day and since the last elder abuse poll we conducted in ...

Elder abuse is still top of mind

June 14, 2013

  CARP has been fighting for the end of elder abuse for many years.  Despite significant progress, including ...

CARP Launches New Elder Abuse Paper and Recommendations on the International Day to End Elder Abuse

June 14, 2013

Editor's Note: June 15th is International World Elder Abuse Awareness Day or as we at CARP prefer to think- the Day to ...

Nursing home abuse incident not isolated, say experts

May 30, 2013

After the release of shocking video of an elderly woman with dementia being subjected to abuse and humiliation at a ...

Walk to show your support for abused seniors

May 30, 2013

BRAMPTON — Of the 150,000 seniors who live in Peel, it’s estimated at least 15,000 are dealing with elder abuse, ...

Breaking in Nova Scotia: Amendments to Protect Vulnerable Seniors from Financial Abuse

May 3, 2013

May 2nd, 2013: Vulnerable seniors and their families will have greater protection from financial abuse in Nova Scotia ...