Translation of "maltraitance des personnes âgées " (French → English) :

About 80% of elder abuse goes undetected and approximately 10% of seniors may experience abuse or neglect later in their golden years.

This strategic plan ran from 2005 into 2010, and it made recommendations around six key strategic elder abuse issues. These were: public awareness and education, elder abuse legislation, a community response to elder abuse, training and screening for service providers, caregiver support, and research.

8. Draws attention to the maltreatment and lack of care to which the elderly are exposed within their families or within the institutions in which they are placed; urges Member States and the Commission to do more to uncover the extent of abuse of older people in the European Union; notes it has been estimated that as many as 10 % of older people experience some form of physical, financial or mental abuse before they die; calls upon the Commission and the Member States to develop the provision of information, warning systems and penalties for maltreatment of this kind; welcomes the Commission's intention to produce a communication on the abuse of older people in 2008; calls for that communication to be the occasion for drawing up a com ...[+++]prehensive strategy for a large-scale information and action campaign in this field (training of care workers, definition of quality standards, penalties for maltreatment);

8. Draws attention to the maltreatment and lack of care to which the elderly are exposed within their families or within the institutions in which they are placed; urges Member States and the Commission to do more to uncover the extent of abuse of older people in the European Union; notes it has been estimated that as many as 10 % of older people experience some form of physical, financial or mental abuse before they die; calls upon the Commission and the Member States to develop the provision of information, warning systems and penalties for maltreatment of this kind; welcomes the Commission's intention to produce a communication on the abuse of older people in 2008; calls for that communication to be the occasion for drawing up a com ...[+++]prehensive strategy for a large-scale information and action campaign in this field (training of care workers, definition of quality standards, penalties for maltreatment);

8. Draws attention to the maltreatment and lack of care to which the elderly are exposed within their families or within the institutions in which they are placed; urges Member States and the European Commission to do more to uncover the extent of abuse of older people in the European Union; notes it has been estimated that as many as 10% of older people experience some form of physical, financial or mental abuse before they die; calls upon the Commission and the Member States to develop the provision of information, warning systems and penalties for maltreatment of this kind; welcomes the Commission's intention to produce a communication on the abuse of older people in 2008; calls for this communication to be the occasion for drawing ...[+++]up a comprehensive strategy for a large-scale information and action campaign in this field (training of care workers, definition of quality standards, penalties for maltreatment);

CARP, a national non-profit organization committed to a “New Vision of Aging for Canada,” welcomed the introduction of Bill C-36, and called for a comprehensive strategy aimed at ending elder abuse, including added caregiver support and the expedited passage of the bill.34 Seniors’ advocate Susan Eng of CARP is reported as having said that such legislation will help deter what has historically been a hidden crime, but also that only a small portion of elder abuse is reported.35