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This issue focusses on elder abuse to commemorate World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15th. The National Clearinghouse on Family Violence E-bulletin is a quarterly newsletter for those interested in family violence prevention. It is produced by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) on behalf of the Family Violence Initiative (FVI) of the Government of Canada. For more information on the Clearinghouse and the Initiative, please visit http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/nc-cn We want to hear from you! Please send your comments and feedback to our editor at: 
Seniors as Victims of Crime According to Statistics Canada’s report, Seniors as Victims of Crime, the latest police-reported data show that while senior and younger victims were both more likely to be victimized by someone known to them (such as a family member, a friend or an acquaintance), nearly half of senior victims were victimized by a family member, compared to 39% of younger victims. Just over one-third (35%) of perpetrators of family violence against seniors were adult children, and current or previous spouses were the perpetrators in 31% of incidents. To read the report visit: http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=85F0033MWE2007014
2nd World Elder Abuse Awareness Day On June 15, 2007 Canada will recognize the 2nd World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers Responsible for Seniors have instructed officials in each of their jurisdictions to work together to increase awareness and education on elder abuse by continuing to acknowledge World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15, 2007. With support from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Family Violence Initiative, posters and information kits will be distributed across the country for use in community events to increase public awareness of the day and of elder abuse.
Each level of government will have materials to distribute to partners and will engage in various events in communities across the country. Interested groups are invited to visit the following website to access and print bilingual materials for their own use. http://www.cnpea.ca/World_Elder_Abuse_Awareness_Day_%20FPT_materials.htm Please note that while many of the materials remain unchanged from last year, contact information has been updated for 2007. Federally, this work is being led by Human Resources and Social Development Canada’s Seniors and Pensions Policy Secretariat, the federal co-chair for the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Forum for Seniors. Planning is underway to determine how the day will be commemorated federally in 2007. If you wish to be involved, or to receive materials for your own event, please contact Lindy VanAmburg at 613-948-7222 or lindy.vanamburg@hrsdc-rhdsc.gc.ca. At the same time, the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Ministers Responsible for Seniors are also collaborating in other areas related to elder abuse. For example, planning is underway to co-host a one-day national forum on elder abuse with the Canadian Centre for Elder Law Studies in the Fall of 2007. This forum would bring together invited opinion leaders, experts and advocates in justice and legal professions from across Canada with key stakeholders. In the coming months, more information on the forum will be available from Human Resources and Social Development Canada’s Seniors and Pensions Policy Secretariat.
The NCFV offers over 130 publications, including overview papers, reports, discussion papers and handbooks on family violence issues. NCFV publications are available free of charge, in hard copy or online, in English and French and in alternative formats. To order, please visit our Web site or contact us. New Publications for Distribution: Family Violence and Homelessness: A Review of the Literature Little Eyes, Little Ears: How Violence against a Mother Shapes Children as they Grow Abuse is Wrong in Any Language – Spanish, Punjabi and Albanian versions The NCFV provides an extensive library reference collection, housed in the Health Canada Departmental Library. The following books may be borrowed through an interlibrary loan through your local public, academic, or institutional library. Please contact the NCFV for more information or visit our Web site: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ncfv-cnivf/lib-eng.php New to the Library Reference Collection: For new French resources please consult the French version of the e-bulletin found below. Elder Abuse Resources Elder abuse detection and intervention: a collaborative approach, by Bonnie Brandl et al., New York: Springer, 2007, 307 p. [Call no.: ncfv/HV6626.3/E37bra/2007]. Publisher's abstract: http://www.springerpub.com/prod.aspx?prod_id=3114x Elder abuse: a public health perspective, edited by Randal W. Summers & Allan M. Hoffman, Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 2006, 179 p. [Call no.: ncfv/HV6626.3/E37h/2006]. Publisher's abstract: http://www.apha.org/publications/bookstore/ Seniors as victims of crime: 2004 and 2005, by Lucie Ogrodnik, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Ottawa: Statistics Canada, 2007, 21 p. The clinical management of elder abuse, by Georgia Jean Anetzberger, New York: Haworth, 2005, 180 p. Crime and elder abuse: an integrated perspective, by Brian K. Payne, Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 2005, 315 p. Developing support groups for older abused women: a resource manual, by Jill Hightower & M.J. (Greta) Smith, B.C. / Yukon Society of Transition Houses, Vancouver: The Society, 2005, 52 p. [Call no.: ncfv/HV6626.3/H638/2005]. Elder abuse and mistreatment: policy, practice, and research, edited by Joanna M. Mellor & Patricia Brownell, New York: Haworth, 2006, 258 p. [Simultaneously published as Journal of Gerontological Social Work 46, 3/4 2006.] [Call no.: ncfv/HV6626.3/E37mel/2006]. Elder abuse and neglect: an issue of Clinics in Geriatric Medicine 21, 2 (2005), edited by Martin J. Gorbien, Philadelphia; Elder abuse: selected papers from the Prague World Congress on Family Violence, edited by Elizabeth Podnieks, Jordan I. Kosberg & Ariela Lowenstein, New York: Haworth, 2003, 214 p. [Call no.: ncfv/HV6626.3/E37pod/2003]. Publisher's abstract: http://haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=5516 Legal issues for seniors: a training manual, by Patricia A. McDonald et al., BC Coalition to Eliminate Abuse of Seniors, Burnaby: The Coalition, 2004, 324 p. Available online: http://www.bcceas.ca/bcceas_lifs.pdf (Reproduction permission is granted for non-commercial purposes.) Mandatory reporting [for abuse of seniors - discussion piece], by the Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, [Burnaby, B.C.]:The Network, 2005, 7 p. Available online: http://www.cnpea.ca/mandatory_reporting.htm (Reproduction permission is granted with the condition CNPEA is identified as the source.) Library resources on other family violence topics The abusive personality: violence and control in intimate relationships, by Donald G. Dutton, New York: Guilford, 2006, 262 p. [ Corporal punishment of children in theoretical perspective, edited by Michael Donnelly & Murray A. Straus, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005, 338 p. [Call no.: HQ770.4/C822/2005] Publisher's abstract: http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=0300085478 Different kind of care: the social pediatrics approach, by Gilles Julien, Montreal; Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006, 187 p. Marginality and condemnation: an introduction to critical criminology, edited by Bernard J. Schissel & Carolyn Brooks, Halifax: Fernwood, 2006, 451 p. Private guns, public health by David Hemenway, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2004, 360 p. [call no.: ncfv/HV7436/H488/2004] Rethinking domestic violence, by Donald G. Dutton, Vancouver: UBC Press, 2006, 415 p. [Call no.: ncfv/HV6626/D979r/2006] See Jane hit: why girls are growing more violent and what can be done about it, by James Garbarino, New York: Penguin Books, 2006, 294 p. Still blaming children: youth conduct and the politics of child hating, by Bernard J. Schissel, Halifax: Fernwood, 2006, 167 p. [Call no.: ncfv/HV9108/S337/2006] Publisher's abstract: http://www.fernwoodpublishing.ca/pages/search_authors.php?keyword=schissel In collaboration with the National Film Board of Canada, the NCFV offers a vast collection of videos that address family violence. Videos may be borrowed through NFB partner public libraries across Canada or through an interlibrary loan through your local public, academic, or institutional library. To obtain a complete list of videos, libraries and distributors, please contact us or vist our online video catalogue. New to the Video Collection: Honouring Resistance: A Workshop with Allan Wade - Program 1 Honouring Resistance:
A Response-Based Client Interview - Program 2A Interview Commentary, Client Reflections and Summary - Program 2B Thieves of Innocence - This powerful film from filmmaker / journalist Paul Arcand and producer Denise Robert explores the abuse children experience in youth protection programs. Thieves of Innocence depicts the dark side of the human heart and presents the victim’s endless struggle to break the cycle of silence and manipulation. (2005)
Publications:
May 31 – June 1, 2007, Ontario Gerontology Association 26th Annual Conference, Toronto, ON October 9-11, 2007, Crime Reduction: Exploring Leading Practices International Conference, Banff, AB November 1–3, 2007, Canadian Association on Gerontology 36th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Calgary, AB November 8-10, 2007, Canadian Conference on Elder Law, Vancouver, BC November 11-13, 2007, Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference, Toronto, ON November 18-21, 2007 – XIth ISPCAN European Regional Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Lisbon, Portugal November 21-23, 2007, Australian Association of Gerontology 40th October 5-8, 2008, Seventh North American Conference on Shaken Baby Syndrome, Vancouver, B.C.
New Horizons for Seniors In Budget 2007, the Government of Canada recognized the importance of safety and security for seniors by expanding the New Horizons for Seniors Program. It announced additional funding to support education programming to reduce elder abuse and fraud and to provide capital assistance for community buildings, equipment and furnishings related to programs for seniors. Planning for the introduction of these new initiatives is underway. In the meantime, the regular Call for Applications for the program is now open. Funding priorities and eligibility criteria are available on the Web site. For more information, and to learn about the application process, please visit: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/isp/horizons/toc.shtml.
Introducing Judith Wahl, Canadian Family Violence Researcher Judith Wahl is the founder and Executive Director of the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly in Toronto, Ontario. She is a Sessional Lecturer at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Social Work and has served as a Sessional Lecturer at McMaster University, Faculty of Social Sciences. She also teaches courses on elder abuse at C.O. Bick Toronto Police College. Ms. Wahl is an Instructor and Member of the Organizing Committee, Ontario Police College, 2004 and 2005 Elder Abuse -Police Response Training Programme. In addition, she consults with numerous government bodies involved in policy development, and sits on the board of various committees that serve the interests of the elderly. She has published widely on elder law topics and is a frequent speaker at local, provincial and national conferences on elder law issues. Research Centre: The Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (ONPEA) The Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (ONPEA) is dedicated to raising awareness of elder abuse and neglect through public education, professional training, advocacy, and service coordination. In addition to implementing Ontario’s Strategy to Combat Elder Abuse, ONPEA supports several projects and research in elder abuse and neglect prevention. ONPEA has launched two new learning resources to provide information about elder abuse - an Elder Abuse Core Curriculum and Resource Guide, and an interactive online E-tool.
The ONPEA Web site features many resources for seniors, service providers and families, as well as providing contact information for ONPEA Regional Consultants across the province of Ontario. Contact one today for more information! The NCFV’s July e-bulletin will focus on family violence against people with disabilities. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * PASS IT ON: Please feel free to forward this e-bulletin to a friend or colleague. Past bulletins can be viewed and searched on our website: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ncfv-cnivf/EB/eb-archives-eng.phpTo subscribe or unsubscribe: National Clearinghouse on Family Violence: Telephone 1-800-267-1291 or (613) 957-2938; TTY 1-800-465-7735 or 613-952-6396; Fax (613) 941-8930; Web site http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/nc-cn; e-mail ncfv-cnivf@phac-aspc.gc.ca |
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