Courses 

Aboriginal communities have identified that abuse of older Aboriginal people is an issue of growing concern. Older Aboriginal people often have extended roles of care and responsibility along side their own increasing care needs. They can experience abuse in a range of relationships: partners, adult children, extended family/kinship relationships, carers, and in institutional settings. The range of abuses experienced by older people includes financial abuse, physical and sexual violence and emotional abuse. For some people this is a continuation of abuse across their lifespan e.g. experiences of the stolen generations or domestic / family violence, whilst for others, past experiences of abuse may resurface in later life. This training looks at recognising and responding to abuse of older Aboriginal people. It also provides opportunities to discuss appropriate responses to both current and past abuse in a context of human rights, access to safety and justice and services on an individual, interagency, community and societal level.