June 15
WEAAD was launched June 15, 2006 by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and the World Health Organization at the United Nations. WEAAD also supports the United Nations International Plan of Action that acknowledges the significance of elder abuse as a public health and human rights issue. Since its inception, communities around the world used this day as an opportunity to raise awareness of elder abuse and neglect of older persons, by sharing information about the facts of elder abuse, the rights of older persons and promote resources and services to support seniors’ safety and well-being. (Source: Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario)
Additional Resources:
- Aging Without Violence (AWV) is a project by OAITH to enhance responses and advocacy efforts when supporting older women impacted by violence
- Beendigen Anishinabe Women’s Crisis Home & Family Healing Agency in Thunder Bay
- CanAge works to improve the lives of older adults through advocacy, policy, and community engagement
- Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
- Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse: Indigenous Older Adults
- Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario
- Faye Peterson House: 55+ Program provides advocacy, support, individual and group counselling, safety planning, assistance with housing applications, court, legal aid and lawyers appointments to abused survivors/women 55 years of age and over in Thunder Bay.
- Health in Focus: LGBT2SQ seniors – an evidence review and practical guide designed for healthcare providers and researchers by Rainbow Health
- Senior Safety/Elder Abuse videos produced by Thunder Bay Police Service in English and Oji-Cree with Elder Ma-Nee Chacaby
- Ska-Be (Helper) provides support services to improve the health and wellbeing of urban Indigenous elderly women and families and/or those with chronic illness or disabilities (ONWA)
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