Eastern Health and Eastern Community Legal Centre (ECLC) have partnered to provide a new support system to people experiencing elder abuse across Melbourne’s East.
Attorney-General, Christian Porter, this week launched The national plan to respond to the abuse of older Australians. Under the plan, Eastern Health and ECLC will implement a Health Justice Partnership, which involves skilled lawyers and financial counsellors working alongside the healthcare team to provide a comprehensive response to elder abuse.
Eastern Health Executive Director, Clinical Operations Shannon Wight said Eastern Health has a crucial role to play to work with older people who are experiencing or at risk of abuse.
“The proposed health justice partnership ensures that our health service builds on work already underway within Eastern Health to better identify and respond to older people experiencing abuse, while maintaining their right to making choices about how their safety is protected.”
:format():fill())