If you would like more information about Age Action's Ageing & Development Programme please contact:
Development Officer
Age Action Ireland
10a Grattan Crescent
Dublin 8
D08 R240
Tel. 01-4756989
Fax. 01-4756011
Email: ageinganddevelopment@ageaction.ie
(15 June 2022) On World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Age Action is reiterating the call for the establishment of a Commissioner for Ageing and Older Persons, with a supporting legal framework, that will ensure that we are all treated with respect and on an equal basis with the rest of the population in older age.
3,871 notifications of abuse for persons aged over 65 was reported in the HSE’s National Safeguarding Report 2021. Immediate family members are identified as the person of concern in reported cases of abuse of people over the age of 65.
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