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  • Two new articles published in the Canadian Review of Social Policy.

     

     



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    New people join the Chair’s team

     





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    Active presence by the Chair at the 1st Francophone Congress on Frailty (Toulouse, April 2013)

     

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    The Chair provides knowledge on mistreatment of older adults in various university courses

     
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Welcome

Welcome to the website of the Research Chair on Mistreatment of Older Adults. You are interested in the production of knowledge on the phenomenon of mistreatment of older adults, the transfer of such knowledge to practice settings and the general public: this website is for you. You are looking for the state of the evidence of the knowledge in Quebec, Canada and around the world: this website offers answers.

Since the winter of 2010-2011, the Chair has been aiming to increase knowledge on the prevention, the detection and the interventions that can counter mistreatment of older adults. More specifically, the Chair aims to:

  1. Develop on one hand, theoretical, empirical and practical (praxeological) knowledge on the factors of vulnerability and risk factors associated with mistreatment; and on the other hand, on the impact of mistreatment.
  2. Train highly qualified personnel likely to better counter mistreatment of older adults and to better understand its issues.
  3. Formulate an evaluative research program of the most diversified, complementary and effective actions (prevention, detection and intervention) to prevent and counter mistreatment.
  4. Disseminate the results to the scientific community, transfer them to the practice community (particularly by the training of practitioners)
  5. Use the Chair as a financial lever to obtain additional funding to go deeper into each of the above mentioned orientations.

We invite you to regularly consult our website to stay abreast of the latest activities at the Chair and in the domain of the prevention of mistreatment of older adults.

Enjoy your visit!

 marie-beaulieu 2011-2

TVA publications, Jean Langevin

True or False

The majority of Quebeckers say that they would denounce an act of mistreatment, whether it be committed in an accommodation context or in the senior’s home

Answer: True

Indeed, 95 % of Quebec respondents said that they would denounce an act of mistreatment irrespective of the place where the act was perpetrated. Moreover, if the senior victim turned out to be known to them, Quebeckers answered at 44 % that they would undertake procedures with authorities and organizations; 23 % that they would contact support resources; 14 % that they would try to solve the problem themselves by meeting the perpetrator of the mistreatment.

Department of Family and Seniors (2010). Survey report on Quebeckers’ perceptions of mistreatment of older adults. Québec : Le Ministère.

90 % of Quebeckers consider that they are well informed on mistreatment of older adults and associated support resources

Answer: False

If the majority of Quebeckers (96 %) think it important to be informed about mistreatment of older adults, a smaller number (50 %) consider that they are well informed on this issue, including a large proportion of seniors aged 65 and over (65 %).

Polled in relation to the support resources associated with mistreatment of older adults, Quebeckers answered at 53 % that they would contact the health and social services network; 34 % that they would contact the police department; 14 % that they would contact the relatives of the senior undergoing mistreatment; 9 % that they would contact phone lines.

Department of Family and Seniors (2010). Survey report on Quebeckers’ perceptions of mistreatment of older adults. Québec : Le Ministère.

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