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Online elder abuse toolkit; oral health advice; videos on charities registration; helping children understand dementia.

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  • Online elder abuse toolkit
  • Oral health advice
  • Videos on charities registration
  • Helping children understand dementia

 

Online elder abuse toolkit 

Elder Abuse Response Tool Kit
The Elder Abuse Response Tool Kit

Seniors Rights Victoria has launched an online elder abuse response tool kit to support people working with older Victorians.

The Elder Abuse Response Tool Kit provides a single, central hub of up-to-date knowledge and resources on preventing, identifying and responding to elder abuse.

Seniors Rights Victoria said that every year up to 5 per cent of people over 65 will report experiencing some type of elder abuse, with even more choosing not to make a report. Elder abuse can range from acts of mistreatment and neglect through to financial, psychological and physical abuse. Most abuse occurs as a result of the actions of an adult child, close relative or friend.

The organisation said that people who work with older people, in a wide variety of roles – from in-home care to community access support – were often best placed to identify when abuse was taking place. Many of these workers however, may not receive specialised training in elder abuse and may lack the confidence to respond to situations which concern them.

Jenny Blakey, manager of Seniors Rights Victoria, said workers needed knowledge of elder abuse to recognise or respond to the signs. “In particular, it can be difficult for workers in regional and remote areas where services are more limited and there is less peer support available.”

Oral health advice 

The Accreditation Agency's industry feedback alert.
The Accreditation Agency’s industry feedback alert.

As aged care residents become increasingly frail and dependant, there is a heightened risk of their oral health worsening in a relatively short time.

Recognising this, the Aged Care Complaints Scheme has written an ‘industry feedback alert‘ on the importance of maintaining a good standard of oral health and appropriate dental treatment for care recipients.

The post provides suggestions of areas that aged care providers can review within their service and discusses useful resources.

Videos on charities registration 

The ACNC video resources.
The ACNC video resources.

The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission has released four animated videos designed to make it easier for charities to understand their obligations.

The videos draw on questions raised by representatives of charities across Australia at education sessions offered by the ACNC throughout 2013.

They cover how to maintain a charity’s registration; notifying the ACNC of changes; record-keeping and reporting; and the ACNC Register.

“The ACNC has already produced comprehensive written guidance on the regulatory obligations of registered charities as well as a series of podcasts and YouTube videos,” said ACNC Commissioner Susan Pascoe. “In addition to that, we’re hoping to reach even more charities by using new, visual ways of getting information out to them.”

The release of the videos coincided with the launch of the ACNC’s new self-service portal.

“The portal is another tool to make things easier for charities. It lets them make changes to their public information quickly and securely,” Ms Pascoe said.

Helping children understand dementia 

Alzheimer’s Australia NSW has produced a series of animations.
Alzheimer’s Australia NSW has produced a series of animations.

Alzheimer’s Australia NSW has released a series of animations that aim to stimulate conversation among families living with dementia.

My Grandmum, My Papu, My Grandpa and Me is a new series produced by Alzheimer’s Australia NSW which features three children talking about their experiences of their grandparent with dementia.

The CEO of Alzheimer’s Australia NSW, John Watkins, said the aim of the series was to start a conversation among families living with dementia to help children better understand what changes may be happening to their grandparent. “This age group, while not the primary carers of a person with dementia, are still affected by the condition and we thought it was very important to give them a voice,” he said.

“The insights contained in these short animations are amazing – very powerful and quite emotional. We hope these will encourage families to talk more about dementia, about how the condition may be affecting their grandparent and how they relate to their grandchild.”

The animations are available at Alzheimer’s Australia’s new online resource hub Dementia Daily, which brings together news, information, and resources about dementia.

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