If there is an immediate risk CALL 911.

Elder Abuse Resources

Below you will find publications and resources helpful to seniors, their family, and informal caregivers, as well as a section geared to health care professionals.

Publications
  • Brochure; It's Not Right; How You Can Identify Abuse and Help Older Adults at Risk - A brochure about elder abuse (link)

  • Elder Abuse Tip Sheet - Provided by Elder Abuse Ontario, describes the different types of abuse and how to report and plan for safety (link)

  • Five Measures You Can Take To Protect Yourself; Abuse and Neglect - Developed by the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, this fact sheet describes the different types of abuse, ways to protect yourself, and how a health care provider can help.(link)

  • Powers Of Attorney (for financial matters and property) and Joint Bank Accounts; What every older Canadian should know about - General information about POA that deals with finances and property, and general information about joint bank accounts (link)

  • Home Care Bill of Rights - If you get home care services from Home and Community Care Support Services South East, the Bill of Rights says how you must be treated. (link)

  • Abuse Education, Prevention and Response; A community training manual for those who want to address the issue of the abuse of older adults in their community - by Joanne Preston and Judith Wahl, 3rd ed., (ACE: December 2002) (link) This manual is downloadable in sections.  

Public Resources
  • Elder Abuse Ontario

  • Videos produced by Elder Abuse Ontario provide an overview of what Financial, Physical and Emotional Elder Abuse

  • The Centre of Studies in Aging & Health provides information for caregivers about abuse as well as other aging topics. Information may include an overview, common causes, key considerations, guidelines, assessment tools, management strategies, patient information, clinical education and links to additional information. (caregiver resources link and clinical resources link)

Resources for Professionals/Service Providers
  • The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) provides:

      • resources on topics such as preventing, addressing and promoting awareness, as well as news and education  (link)
      • Preventing and Addressing Abuse and Neglect Long-Term Care Videos (link)

  • Preventing and Addressing Abuse and Neglect of Older Adults; Tips from the RNAO Best Practice Guidelines and eLearning course (link)
  • 10 Strategies Nurses & Other Health-Care Providers Can Use to Address Abuse and Neglect of Older Adults (link)

  • The Centre of Studies in Aging & Health's resource website provides a range of information for clinicians on Abuse such as common causes, key considerations, guidelines, assessment tools, management strategies, patient information, clinical education and links to additional information. (link)

  • CASE; Caregiving Abuse Screen Tool by NICE (the National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly) - A screening measure for detecting abuse of seniors.  It is intended for use with all clients who are caregivers of seniors, whether or not abuse is suspected. (link)

  • Crime and Abuse Against Seniors: A review of the research literature with special reference to the Canadian situation - This report addresses the issue of elder abuse in Canada and internationally (link)

  • Elder Abuse; Assessment and Intervention Reference Guide by NICE (the National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly) (link)

  • Elder Abuse in Canada; A gender-based analysis - information for creating bias-free, gender- and culturally-relevant research, policies and practices in elder abuse (link)

  • Elder Abuse; What are we missing? - Aging in Canada and the signs of abuse and neglect by Phyllis Marie Vetere, Canadian Family Physician VOL 57: July 2011 (link)

This resource was created in partnership with the  former Regional Elder Abuse Prevention Network and Ontario Health atHome/SouthEasthealthline.ca.