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CARP Poll Uncovers High Rate of Elder Abuse: Those With Caregivers Most At Risk

June 15, 2009

A CARP poll of members has revealed that almost 1-in-10 older Canadians (as many as 783,000) have suffered from elder ...

Elder Abuse: The Reading List/Homework

May 29, 2009

Daughter Dearest: a tragic and shocking story of neglect in Moncton, New Brunswick. What’s Yours is Mine: A ...

Make Predators Extinct

May 28, 2009

Predator: n. 1. An organism that lives by preying on other organisms. 2. One that victimizes, plunders, or destroys, ...

Ensuring Safe Haven – Long Term Care legislation

May 28, 2009

Elder abuse in long term care settings has been identified as an important social problem. The Long Term Care Homes ...

What the Law can do About Elder Abuse

May 28, 2009

What role does the law play in preventing elder abuse given the chilling events that took place in Moncton, New ...

Predatory Marriages

May 28, 2009

The changing social landscape has brought forth a new kind of marriage trap – the predatory marriage. The aging ...

A Message from the Honourable Minister of State of Seniors

May 28, 2009

I am delighted to have this opportunity to discuss the important work our Conservative Government is doing to combat ...

Elder Abuse: an International concern

May 26, 2009

The indisputable fact that elder abuse is an ever pervading global problem should be not only disappointing but ...

Scammers I’ve Bagged

May 26, 2009

When Susan Eng asked me to write about elder abuse, my first reaction was not 'what will I write' but 'how will I get ...

Ending Elder Abuse:

July 24, 2008

CARP says we need to look beyond education and awareness: society needs to be mobilized in the fight against elder ...