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Additional Resources:
- Research Chair on Mistreatment of Older Adults
https://maltraitancedesaines.com/en/team/ - Grey Targets – Official podcast of the Research Chair on Mistreatment of Older Adults: https://maltraitancedesaines.com/en/podcasts/
- Mistreatment of Older Persons: Federal Policy Definition - Explanatory Document - Canada.ca
- Elder abuse prevalence and risk factors: findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
- https://alzheimer.ca/en
- Alzheimer society online hug: This online learning space provides helpful resources and information for health-care providers, people expecting a diagnosis of dementia, people living with dementia, and care partners related to dementia. https://alzheimer.ca/en/help-information/online-learning
- Quebec: Mistreatment Helpline:1-888-489-2287, lignemaltraitance.ca
- Ontario Caregiver Organization: https://ontariocaregiver.ca/
- Behavioural Supports Ontario (BSO) This site will provide you and your loved ones with information about behaviour change in older adults and the Behavioural Supports Ontario program initiative: www.behaviouralsupportsontario.ca/
WHEN
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
10 AM Pacific / 1 PM Eastern
ASL Interpretation available
ABOUT
This webinar presented by the Research Chair on Mistreatment of Older Adults will address the confusion created by neurocognitive disorders when it comes to understanding mistreatment in the context of caregiving.
Based on recent scientific data, this presentation aims to demystify the particularities of mistreatment in this context, including factors complicating relationships, such as how illness is understood, the presence of mental health problems and the use of inappropriate strategies. Mistreatment can not only affect the older adult, but also the informal caregiver. Good intentions are not always enough to make sure everyone is safe.
Hosted by : The Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario
PRESENTER
Mélanie Couture, PhD, Chairholder of the Research Chair on Mistreatment of Older adults,
Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Université de Sherbrooke
Mélanie Couture, PhD, is the current chairholder of the Research Chair on Older Adult Mistreatment and associate professor at the School of Social Work – Université de Sherbrooke. She has worked as a researcher in social gerontology for more than a decade. Her research promotes the co-construction and integration of clinical and organizational innovations for the prevention and management of mistreatment situations in the context of caregiving, common living environments and in the use of technologies for aging in place.
