Recent and Ongoing Canadian Special Projects and Research
If you know of any current or past Canadian research or special project that relate to abuse or neglect of older adults, please let us know, and we will be happy to include it. Please provide the name of the researchers, the title of the project, 1 or 2 sentences describing its aim, the funder, and who to contact for more information.
National
A Way Forward:
Promoting Promising Approaches to Abuse Prevention in Institutional Settings
Description: This two year project's objective is to enhance the capacity of communities across Canada to better understand and respond to the complex issues of abuse and neglect in long term care. The project will develop
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information on the current state of development for preventing and addressing abuse or neglect situations that may occur in congregate settings (a national snapshot of "Where do things currently stand in Canada"), along with |
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guiding principles and |
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emerging promising practices in abuse prevention and intervention. |
The project involves a national survey of key stakeholders, as well as regional
forums which will be held in Quebec, Nova Scotia, British Columbia, Ontario, and
Alberta.
Partners and Funding: This national project funded by the National
Population Health Fund is a collaborative effort of the University of Toronto
(Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging), working with partners
from six universities, as well as key community and long term care stakeholders.
Contact Project Coordinator, Dana Howse: dana.howse@utoronto.ca
Northwest Territories
Social Development Canada, BEST PRACTICES FOR STOPPING THE ABUSE OF OLDER ADULTS IN THE NWT.
March 2005. www.nwtfc-cftno.gc.ca/publications_reports/Elder_Abuse_FinalReport.pdf
Quebec
Principal Investigator: Marie Beaulieu, Université de Sherbrooke, Centre de recherche sur le vieillissement. www.iugs.ca/fr/400/
1) «Enjeux éthiques de l’intervention psychosociale dans les situations de mauvais traitement envers lespersonnes aînées.» (CRSH)
Development of an aide-memoire for psychosocial practitioners experiencing ethical issues or dilemmas when working with senior abuse cases.
2) Action research for evaluating the needs of the regional table on senior abuse.
Past Research and Projects
Throughout the 1990s Health Canada Family Violence Prevention Unit funded many different research and community projects in different regions of Canada on abuse issues affecting older adults. Similarly over the past five years in particular, Justice Canada has been supportive of community initiatives that relate to abuse and neglect prevention in later life by providing funding for them.
Over time, we will endeavour to include as many of these projects as possible on this website, focussing particularly on those where have been reports or materials developed and where there is still a contact person for people to get in touch with for more information.
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1998, the Third Age Centre in Fredericton, New Brunswick developed "Senior Educators Enhancing Community Safety" project. The project's goal was to
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help reduce fear of crime, particularly among women and seniors, |
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increase public awareness of elder abuse and |
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mobilize communities to prevent these incidents. |
www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/releases/98-11-07_e.shtml
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Financial Abuse of Mentally
Incompetent Older Adults
Sponsor: RESOLVE, University of Manitoba
Principal Investigator: D. Smith, Department of Sociology, University of
Winnipeg
Community Investigators: R. Cuddy, Public Trustee's Office, J. Bond,
Department of Family Studies, University of Manitoba; G. Carr; K. Duncan,
Faculty of Human Ecology, University of Manitoba; S. Hill; M. Kronenwald,
Manitoba Research Centre on Family Violence and Violence Against Women; E.
Lubosch, Manitoba Health; P. Yellen, Age & Opportunity Centre
Start Date: November, 1995 End Date: November, 1996
This pilot project examined general
statistical data generated by the Manitoba Office of the Public Trustee to
identify and document trends in the standard demographics of their cases
of suspected financial abuse. It attempted to analyze
client administration files which had been flagged as cases of suspected
financial abuse by the Public Trustee's Office over a 12 month period. It
compared the flagged suspected cases of financial abuse with a random
sample of equivalent size selected from the general client administration
files opened by the Public Trustee's Office.
Publication: Bond, John B., (1999) Financial abuse of mentally incompetent older adults: a Canadian study. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 11 (4). 23-38.
Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse. Page last updated Friday April 24, 2009
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