Seniors Abuse

• Police, community workers visit Montreal seniors for wellness checks

  Montreal police and community groups in LaSalle spent Thursday visiting local seniors as part of a city-wide program of wellness checks. They also shared information on services.

  Canada

  Jun 15, 2023
  
• Quebec government to invest $50 million to fight elder abuse

  The plan includes the creation of a prosecutor's office dedicated to dealing with cases of elder abuse and criminal negligence across the province.

  Canada

  Jun 12, 2022
  
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• B.C.’s seniors advocate launches review into elder abuse

  Isobel Mackenzie said in her annual review that there were just over 5,500 total calls to the information line in 2019, an increase of 27 per cent from the year before.

  Dec 8, 2020
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• Alberta 3rd highest province for rate of intimate partner violence: report

  New statistics indicate Alberta has seen a two per cent increase in family violence since 2014 and ranks third highest out of all Canadian provinces when it comes to rates of intimate partner violence.

  Crime

  Feb 19, 2017