The Government of Alberta has released Addressing Elder Abuse: A Toolkit for Developing a Coordinated Community Response to help communities develop a framework to address elder abuse at the local level.
This toolkit is intended to help build a community-specific, multi-disciplinary approach to addressing elder abuse. It provides a five-step process that communities, civil society organizations and individuals can use to develop a local coordinated community response (CCR) approach to address elder abuse.
Who is this toolkit for?
- Seniors centres
- Community organizations
- Police and victim services
- Health service providers
- Housing providers
- Organizations servicing Indigenous, LGBTQ and new Immigrant communities
- Anyone interested in addressing elder abuse in their community
This eight-page summary provides an overview of the characteristics of a Coordinated Community Response and of the five-step process.
Toolkit:
You can access the toolkit here.
Evaluation of the work
In 2020, Alberta Seniors and Housing evaluated the CCR model and created two resources - an infographic and a fact sheet - to share information on this promising practice in Alberta. You can access both here (click on the resource to view and download):
Source: Government of Alberta