Claresholm Coordinated Community Response to Elder Abuse
316 47th ave t0l 0t0 Claresholm, AB, Canada

Where to Turn? Panel Discussion on Elder Abuse Response in Alberta - November 10 | 1:30 3 p.m. To recognize Family Violence Month, the CORE Alberta Elder Abuse Group will host a panel discussion on #WhereToTurn for help to address elder abuse. Presenters from health care, policing, information and referral services, the Alberta Elder Abuse Awareness Council, and coordinated community response communities will share their role in addressing elder abuse across the province. T...he session will include a discussion to better understand who is missing and who else may be a resource in your community. Host: Charlene Sitar, Regional Elder Abuse Prevention Coordinator for the Yellowhead Elder Abuse Response Network Presenters: Emma Potter - Canadian Mental Health Association - 211 and 310-1818 Family Violence Line Teresa Sutherland - Elder Abuse Response Coordinator, Stop Abuse in Families Society, St. Albert CCR Michelle Teskey - Continuing Care Counsellor, AHS Home Care, Innisfail Alf Ma - Edmonton Police Service Pam Burns - Alberta Elder Abuse Awareness Council Michelle Markham - SAGE Seniors Association, Edmonton To register, https://zoom.us//reg/tJwrf-6oqz0pEt35Pr-erLCC-0HdaJde8vP6

Taking Action Against Elder Abuse Training November 30 & December 1 | 9 a.m. 12 p.m. This training is geared towards all front-line staff who in the scope of their work, interact with older adults and victims of elder abuse and family violence, and offers foundational knowledge and skills required to recognize and effectively respond to incidents of elder abuse within your community. The Taking Action curriculum provides a common understanding of elder abuse and promotes a ...cross-sectoral approach to developing a shared understanding and learning amongst multiple, blended stakeholder groups. The training will be offered through Zoom and we will be breaking it up into two mornings (from 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. each morning). https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLScPF3I6GZIBAhNRFs/viewform

"A data analysis of the most serious breaches of Ontario's long-term care home safety legislation reveals that six in seven care homes are repeat offenders, and there are virtually no consequences for homes that break that law repeatedly. (...) Jane Meadus, a lawyer with the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, said the high number of repeated incidents shows that non-compliance with the law has been normalized within care homes." https://www.cbc.ca//nursing-homes-abuse-ontario-seniors-la

The Claresholm Senior Citizens Drop-In Centre is circulating a survey to all Seniors. The survey is in regard to re-opening the Centre for programming. Copies... of the survey are available at the Centre, Town of Claresholm office, FCSS, and the Local Press office. We ask that your responses be dropped off, in the outside mailbox, at the Centre (5009 - 2nd Street East), by October 9/20. See more