Ready to listen
Older people experience sexual assault in residential aged care and in their own homes. The problem of sexual assault is compounded by the lack of education across services - which results in a limited listening.
Ready to listen is about educating service provides so they are attuned to listen, understand the power of listening and have the resources to respond when older people disclose sexual assault.
Ready to listen is about educating service provides so they are attuned to listen, understand the power of listening and have the resources to respond when older people disclose sexual assault.
The project aims to improve aged care services to older people by building the skills and capacity of aged care service providers to better respond to and prevent the sexual assault. This will be achieved by documenting best practice principles as basis for education and then providing education to aged care services, elder abuse services and health practitioners. The process will then involve working with services to support their implementation of change over a 12 month period and document their achievements to promote further change.
Key aspects of the project are working in partnership with sexual assault and family violence services to ensure the information is on target. It will also include working in partnership with an advocacy organisation for older women to ensure older women understand their right to report sexual assault.
Key aspects of the project are working in partnership with sexual assault and family violence services to ensure the information is on target. It will also include working in partnership with an advocacy organisation for older women to ensure older women understand their right to report sexual assault.
Stages
The project has seven stages which will be implemented over a 18 month period, commencing March 2021 including the following:
- Develop an education module and best practice principles for aged care team leaders
- Deliver education to Elder Abuse services
- Develop curriculum for Health Professionals
- Host webinar to launch educational resources
- Work with older women to develop information for older women about supports
- Implement a Change Champions program
- Host webinars in partnership with change champions.
Resources
As each of the resources are developed we will share them on the links below.
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Best practice principles
(coming soon) |
Education for aged care
(coming soon) |
Education for health professionals
(coming soon) |
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What older women want
(coming soon) |
Champions program
(coming soon) |
Support services
for older people who have been sexually assaulted |
Stakeholder support group
Thanks to the following people and organisations for being part of our stakeholder support group ...
Contact us
If you would like more information about this project, please contact the project Coordinator Dr Catherine Barrett by phone on: 0429582237 or email: director@celebrateageing.com
Partners
This project will be delivered jointly by OPAN and Celebrate Ageing in collaboration with ....TBC. The project has been funded by the Department of Health.
