Information Session/Afternoon Tea – Mount Beauty

To recognise and increase community awareness to ElderAbuse, Alpine Health, Alpine Shire Council and the Alpine Independent Aged Care Advocacy Service Inc. will be holding community information sessions with Mr Gary Ferguson from Seniors Rights Victoria as the guest Speaker.

Elder abuse is any act which causes harm to an older person and is carried out by someone they knowand trust, such as a family member or friend. The abuse may be physical, social, financial, psychological or sexual and can include mistreatment and neglect.