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Elder Abuse Awareness Funding
Approved Projects
Approved projects are listed by federal fiscal year (April 1 - March 31) and then alphabetically by organization.
| Organization | Project Title | Project Description | HRSDC Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Alberta (AJEFA) | Prévenir l'abus, c'est mon but! | The Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Alberta will establish a network between seniors’ organizations for a more concerted effort towards reducing the negative effects of elder abuse in Alberta. Multi-media resources will also be developed to increase seniors’ awareness as well as address their needs and legal questions about elder abuse. | $100,000 |
| Association of Neighbourhood Houses of BC | Elders Financial Abuse Prevention Dialogue Project | The Association of Neighbourhood Houses of BC will increase the awareness and knowledge of seniors from diverse ethno-cultural communities in Lower Mainland British Columbia on the prevention of elder financial abuse. As well, training sessions for Neighbourhood Houses and Immigrant Service Providers will increase the capacity to address and help reduce the incidence of elder abuse. A resource kit on elder financial abuse will be translated into 3 non-official languages to support seniors in ethno-cultural communities. | $99,912 |
| BC Association of Community Response Networks | Local, Regional, and Provincial Knowledge Exchange and Community Response Network Enhancement in BC | The BC Association of Community Response Networks will facilitate 10 regional knowledge exchange workshops and one provincial virtual knowledge exchange focusing on promising approaches and lessons learned in the prevention of elder abuse. This will strengthen the ability of more than 30 of British Columbia’s Community Response Networks to support communities in their response to elder abuse. | $103,100 |
| Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens' Association | Hidden in the Cultural Fabric - Elder Abuse and Neglect in Ethno-Cultural Communities in Alberta | The Calgary Chinese Elderly Citizens' Association will identify and develop innovative resources and tools to increase the knowledge and understanding of seniors in ethno-cultural communities in Alberta about elder abuse. This project will focus on empowering older adults to be their own voices and to develop their own solutions to the issues that impact them the most. | $102,160 |
| Centre on Health and Aging, University of PEI | PEI Awareness Network for the Prevention of Abuse of Older Adults | The Centre on Health and Aging, University of PEI will develop a provincial elder abuse network to transfer knowledge, identify and share resources, and facilitate collaborative work and planning opportunities. This network will help raise awareness of elder abuse and increase PEI communities’ capacity to identify and address elder abuse issues. | $101,762 |
| Centre Sino-Québec de la Rive-Sud | Projet de sensibilisation aux mauvais traitements envers les aînés dans la communauté chinoise du Québec | The Centre Sino-Québec de la Rive-Sud will target seniors of Chinese origin, particularly newcomers to Quebec, to provide awareness information on elder abuse as well as other resources to assist in their integration into the community. | $100,000 |
| Knights of Rizal | Innovative Cultural Approaches in the Prevention of Elder Abuse | The Knights of Rizal will develop a model approach and culturally-appropriate resource materials to raise awareness of, and help prevent elder abuse among the Filipino and South East Asian communities of Manitoba. This project will also increase understanding and help develop favourable attitudes towards the identification and prevention of elder abuse. | $100,665 |
| Manitoba Society of Seniors | Manitoba Elder Abuse Networking and Information Sharing Project | The Manitoba Society of Seniors will establish new partnerships, develop a provincial collaborative framework and an elder abuse action plan, as well as collect and compile materials and resources across the province in the form of a report and online clearinghouse for knowledge transfer of best practices, promising approaches, lessons learned, and inter-generational approaches. This will increase awareness, knowledge, efficiency, capacity, resources and support for communities for an enhanced response to and prevention of elder abuse across Manitoba. | $102,085 |
| North East Native Advancing Society | Elder Abuse Awareness - Sharing Our Wisdom | The North East Native Advancing Society will establish supportive relationships and formalize partnerships between rural communities and regional social service providers to ensure an ongoing regionally-based effort to increase awareness among elders, community leaders, and professionals on the presence, prevalence, and incidence of elder abuse and to improve the capacity of communities in Northeast British Columbia to help reduce the incidence of elder abuse. | $103,100 |
| NWT Seniors' Society | Building Networks - Raising Awareness About the Abuse of Older Adults | The NWT Seniors' Society will identify and share best and promising practices on prevention and intervention of elder abuse within established networks across 8 regions in the Northwest Territories to increase community awareness and support to caregivers. | $104,700 |
| Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse | Raising Awareness of Elder Abuse in Ethno-Cultural Communities | The Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse will pilot and document the process of developing ethno-cultural specific resources, including a “How To” manual outlining the mechanisms to use to address elder abuse awareness and prevention in any emerging ethno-cultural community (based on the principles of adult learning). This will serve as a model for use by other communities in developing their own culturally-sensitive materials to raise awareness and help reduce the incidence of elder abuse. | $96,731 |
| Saskatchewan Seniors Mechanism | Saskatchewan Senior Abuse Network | The Saskatchewan Seniors Mechanism will create a provincial elder abuse network, facilitating new links and partnerships across the province, ensuring a more coordinated effort in the fight against elder abuse in the province. The project will also increase the organizational capacity of several senior abuse response organizations so that they may overcome current barriers in their efforts to help reduce elder abuse. | $101,967 |
| Seniors Resource Centre of Newfoundland and Labrador | Raising Elder Abuse Awareness - The Network Approach | The Seniors Resource Centre will formalize a provincial elder abuse prevention network to support multiple stakeholders across the province with their own elder abuse awareness work; develop elder abuse awareness and educational resources and a Web site to serve the provincial network; and organize and deliver a provincial symposium on elder abuse to network members. | $99,940 |
| The Friends Supporting Those with Long Term Health Care Needs | Northern Model for Reducing Elder Abuse | The Friends Supporting Those with Long Term Health Care Needs will facilitate partnerships and information-sharing among stakeholder groups and community organizations, host a region-wide symposium, and offer education and awareness presentations. This will increase knowledge of and help strengthen capacity to address elder abuse within the Districts of Parry Sound and Muskoka, including the First Nations territories. | $94,148 |
| The Korean Senior Citizens Society of Toronto (KSCST) | Elder Abuse Education for Korean Seniors and the Korean Community | The Korean Senior Citizens Society of Toronto will engage the Korean community within the Greater Toronto Area through the development of culturally appropriate resources, including print materials, workshops, community socio-dramas, and outreach via ethnic media to raise awareness of elder abuse and where to seek help. | $101,492 |
| Trellis Mental Health and Developmental Services | Ethnocultural Capacity Building - Working with Communities to Raise Awareness of Elder Abuse | Trellis Mental Health and Developmental Services will use best practices in elder abuse prevention and intercultural relationship-building to create an intercultural training model for elder abuse awareness. The model will incorporate focus groups, communication training workshops, a cross-cultural forum, as well as standardized and culturally relevant educational resources to raise awareness of elder abuse from an intercultural perspective in Guelph/Wellington and other regions of Ontario. | $101,500 |