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The Chair is proud to contribute to countering mistreatment of older adults on the international stage. The project Factors shaping the global political priority of addressing elder abuse, which has for objective to identify the issues and priorities which need to put on the forefront of international political agendas for years to come is complete. It relies both on a document inventory of the desk review* type containing 123 scientific articles and documents taken from the grey literature and 26 semi-directed interviews with key informants of different regions of the world.

On September 22 in Geneva, 50 persons from everywhere around the world were designated as being part of the international leaders as part of the UN's Decade of Healthy Ageing. This initiative with the goal of highlighting 50 actors that, with their actions in different sectors, contribute to transform the world to make it a better place to live for older adults of today and tomorrow.

In September, Marie Beaulieu went on a second professional stay in Europe this year. This time, the stay lasted a little more than a week in Belgium which allowed to complete many activities.

Over the past few months, the Chair has disseminated the results of its participatory research with the CIUSSS de l'Estrie-CHUS, on psychological mistreatment and material and financial mistreatment of older adults with disabilities. This project funded by the OPHQ has captured interest on the national and international scene and several requests have been made to have access to the documentation in English.