Strategic Priorities

Addressing the abuse of older adults, or elder abuse is a major strategic priority for the NWT Network to Prevent the Abuse of Older Adults. The initial research by the NWT Seniors’ Society in 2010 as part of the Making Connections: Building Networks to Prevent the Abuse of Older Adults, clearly showed that abuse of older adults continues to be a major issue in communities throughout the NWT. This was identified in the above-mentioned report.

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Indigenous Knowledge

• Victimization of Aboriginal people in Canada (2014)
• Promising Approaches to Addressing Elder Abuse In First Nations Communities.  Leaney, Alison, G. Martin, and A. Struthers. BC Association of Community Response Networks (2009).
• Aboriginal Domestic Violence in Canada. Aboriginal Healing Foundation (2003)
• Aboriginal Elder Abuse in Canada. Dumont-Smith, Claudette. Aboriginal Healing Foundation (2002)

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Other reports

• Aging With Confidence: Ontario’s Action Plan for Seniors (2017)
• Family Violence in Canada The Chief Public Health Officer’s Report on the State of Public Health in Canada (2016)
• World Report on Ageing and Health World Health Organization (2015)
• National Survey on the Mistreatment of Older Canadians National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (2015)
• Report on the Social Isolation of Seniors The National Seniors’ Council (2014)
• Old and dangerous: Senior violence is getting worse Maclean’s Magazine (2014)

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Local reports

• Networking to Prevent Older Adult Abuse: A Comparative Research Study prepared by Lutra Associates Ltd. (2015)

• “Walking Together” NWT Network to Prevent Abuse of Older Adults Conference Report prepared by Lutra Associates Ltd. (2015)