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Elder Abuse: Failing to Provide the Necessities of Life if a Crime

November 19, 2009

Article courtesy of ACE. This article was originally published in the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly's Fall 2009 ...

Senator Majory LeBreton’s Response to Elder Abuse Survey

August 7, 2009

"I was pleased to see how engaged CARP members are on the important issue of elder abuse. It was very encouraging to ...

Elder Abuse Public Service Annoucement Survey Analysis

August 7, 2009

Survey Results The government of Canada has recently launched an anti-elder abuse ad campaign, the anti-elder abuse ad ...

As recession grinds on, financial abuse of elders takes a growing toll

July 16, 2009

Fraud is bad enough, but when family members or caregivers financially abuse elderly relatives or patients, ...

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 ...