Australian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse

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Australian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (ANPEA)

After initially being established in 1997 ANPEA was reconvened in 2006 by a group of interested individuals and organisations. Since then the costs of maintaining ANPEA have been met by the goodwill and in-kind support of those individuals and organisations.

Current priorities for ANPEA are to:

• Rebuild the network, its membership and profile.
• Obtain funds to support its operation and strategic priorities.
• Establish a website to be a source of reliable information and mechanism for sharing and disseminating information about abuse and its prevention.
• Hold an annual meeting as a national forum for discussion on progress in addressing the abuse of older people in Australia.

A small leadership group has been appointed.

ANPEA's goals

• To act as a forum for sharing information about new developments, ideas and approaches in the identification, prevention and response to the abuse of older people in Australia and internationally.
• To identify opportunities for improvements in policies, programs, community education and the training of professionals and to share these with interested stakeholders.
• To encourage research into the causes, consequences, prevalence, prevention, service and legislative responses to the abuse of older people.
• To contribute to the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) and to appoint the Australian representative.

For further information, visit the ANPEA webite.