March 16th, 2010
Hope has been invited to the “Supporting Older Women who have experienced Domestic and Family Violence and Mistreatment forum” to be held on Friday 26 March, 2010 at City West Lotteries House, 2 Delhi Street, West Perth from 9.30 am – 12.00 noon.
The forum aims to bring together the Domestic and Family Violence and Aged Care Sectors to identify and support older women who have experienced or are experiencing abuse in their own homes and communities.
Guest speakers aim to up-date you with current research and data on Older Women who have experienced Domestic and Family Violence and Mistreatment, and engage with you as service providers, advocates and policy makers through group work to share good practice models and identify current gaps in service delivery for women who often become “invisible” from data from 45 years onwards and then reappear as “elder abuse” at the age of 65 and over.
Research shows that 1 in 4 women who have experienced an incident of physical violence in the past 12 months is aged 45 years and older (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2006).
For more information please contact Terri Aldridge or Janette Richardson on 9420 7264 or email info@womenscouncil.com.au
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