Ellen Fanning interviews Barbara O’Neill, Aboriginal Capacity Officer in Maroubra, for this Seniors Rights video.
They discuss the historical colonial context of elder abuse, where poverty and racism continue to keep indigenous people from participating fully in the economy.
This leads to further poverty and trauma.
The cycle of cradle-to-grave institutionalisation amongst indigenous people, she says, leads to a vulnerability to elder abuse.
Ms O’Neill says that strategies must involve indigenous communities and take their particular needs into account.
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