Aged Care Justice advocating against restrictive practices bill
Aged Care Justice, a not-for-profit providing legal assistance to elders facing systemic abuses, issued a statement against the restrictive practices
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Free training modules from Advanced Care Planning Australia
Advance Care Planning Australia LearningTM supports health practitioners, care workers, students, individuals and substitute decision-makers to learn about advance care planning.
Staff Profile: Education Administrator, Gemma
What do you do at SRV? I work part-time in the roles of Education Administrator and WEAAD Administrator. I support
Support to access grandchildren
Grandparents often have a special bond with their grandchildren, and this can sometimes be overlooked in parenting disputes.
Preventing intimate partner violence against older women
Our Watch and Senior Rights Victoria have produced a new resource for practitioners seeking to build their knowledge and practice on preventing violence against older women
Seniors Rights Victoria flagship WEAAD event
For for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) 2022, on Wednesday the 15th of June, Seniors Rights Victoria invites you to join us for our flagship event, Stir a Cuppa with Seniors.
SRV Service data April 2022
SRV has reviewed data about the types of enquiries SRV receives and how these translate into services. You can read about the April data here.
Staff Profile: SRV Advocate, Jacinta
Learn more about one of Senior Rights Victoria’s important advocates, Jacinta.
International Access to Justice Online Forum 2022 – Recordings available
Recordings are now available online for the International Access to Justice Online Forum 2022, hosted by Victoria Law Foundation (VLF) and UCI Law Civil Justice Research Initiative.
NEAC 2022 abstracts
Here you can read the abstracts for the presentations that SRV staff made at NEAC 2022
Seniors Rights Victoria at the 7th National Elder Abuse Conference (NEAC)
Seven of SRV’s staff attended the National Elder Abuse Conference (NEAC), in Hobart, in February 2022.
NARI Report: What Do Older People Want From Their Healthcare?
The National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) has released a report What Do Older People Want from Their Healthcare?
Resource to help you learn more about making a power of attorney in Victoria
Compass has a great resource available for people in Victoria to increase their understanding of making a power of Attorney. A power of attorney is a legal document that allows you to nominate a person, multiple people, or a trustee organisation to act as your decision-maker and manage decisions on your behalf.
New Helpline for Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander People
13YARN [Thirteen YARN] is the first national crisis support line for mob who are feeling overwhelmed or having difficulty coping.
Hand Up for Justice Pre-election Campaign
Recently launched Hands Up For Justice, is calling for an increase in funding for community legal centres. Hands Up For
Six Month Data
Seniors Rights Victoria collects a lot of data about who calls our helpline and why. We reviewed our helpline data over the final six months (July-December) of 2021 and compared the data to the same six months the previous year.
Seniors Rights Victoria Helpline Review
Seniors Rights Victoria is undertaking a review of our Helpline service. We have contracted Lirata Consulting to conduct the review.
New peak body for family and gender-based violence in Victoria
Domestic Violence Victoria (DV Vic) and the Domestic Violence Resource Centre (DVRCV) have united to form Safe and Equal, Victoria’s
Legal Laneway Breakfast
Each February the Victoria Law Foundation celebrates the beginning of the legal year with a legal sector breakfast in Melbourne’s iconic Hardware Lane. Due to the global pandemic 2022’s Legal Laneway Breakfast was held online.
Campaign on the warning signs of elder abuse
A campaign to raise awareness of elder abuse has been launched by the Australian Human Rights Commission.
Volunteering with Senior Rights Victoria
Long time volunteer, Stephen, is valuing his voluntary role at Seniors Rights Victoria.
Hearing into support for older Victorian migrants
The first public hearing for the parliamentary inquiry into support for older Victorians from migrant and refugee backgrounds will be live broadcast next Monday 31 January.
2022-23 Diversity Webinar Series
The Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing is offering a free Diversity Webinar series for staff working in the Aged Care sector.
Conversations on ageing
As part of the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2021, SRV hosted a conversation on ageing. These are snapshots, produced by students from the Bachelor of Screen Media at Victoria University.