Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that yesterday, 15 June 2020, was World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, which represents the one day each year when the whole world voices its opposition to the abuse and suffering inflicted on older people;

(b) acknowledges that the sexual abuse of older women in residential aged care and home care settings is a form of elder abuse that has long been ignored; and

(c) calls on all Governments to:

  (i) work together to better respond to all forms of elder abuse, including physical abuse, psychological or emotional abuse, social abuse, financial abuse, sexual abuse and elder neglect,

  (ii) improve reporting requirements and data collection on elder abuse, and

  (iii) develop national strategies informed by best practice evidence for the prevention of sexual abuse in both residential aged care and home care settings.