Australia’s 5th Annual National Elder Abuse Conference

I had the honor of attending and speaking at Australia’s 5th Annual National Elder Abuse Conference, held recently in Sydney.  Speakers at the two day conference included many government dignitaries,  a series of concurrent sessions and a number of abstract presentations.  The conference offered a multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural focus and included a wide-range of topics over the conference.   I found the energy level and interest at this conference to be high.  I moderated a panel of law enforcement and community activists and their efforts are outstanding. One of the interesting points to me was that the problems they’re facing here are so similar to those in the US.  Exchanging information about prevention and responses was very useful. Post-conference information about recordings of the  sessions will be available soon on the conference website.  This is a conference well worth attending, even though Australia is a bit of a trek from the US.  The conference rotates locations within Australia, so the website will also have information about dates and locations for the 2019 conference.