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Compass – Guiding Action on Elder Abuse

Aged Care Clinical Guide (Silver Book) - Part B, Abuse of Older People

This guide book is designed as a reference for clinicians and health care professionals to help them recognise, understand, and respond to elder abuse in aged care or when treating older people in the community.

The book has been created by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP).

It introduces the types of elder abuse, general principles for clinicians, rates of occurrence, and strategies for recognition, response and prevention.