World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Conference 17 June 2019 - ARAS

What: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Conference 'Elder Abuse: Building Trust'
Who: Aged Rights Advocacy Service Inc. (ARAS)
When: Monday 17th June 2019
Where: The Stamford Grand Adelaide, 2 Jetty Rd, Glenelg, SA 5045
Event Registration: Register Here
Regular Single Adult - $275, Student/Senior - $100
Group Bookings (4 or more) - receive 20% discount on regular adult registration.
The WEAAD Conference Program can be found here  
 
Aged Rights Advocacy Services (ARAS) presents its 14th World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) Conference on Monday 17th June 2019. The program this year has been developed with the theme around 'Elder Abuse: Building Trust'.
 
The conference will highlight significant developments undertaken in the areas of elder abuse including the new Adult Safeguarding Unit and steps taken by key organisations such as SAPOL and Elder Abuse Action Australia to end elder abuse and build trust in our communities.
 
Our vision is 'a community in which all older people are valued and respected’.  The conference theme ‘building trust’ includes our values of ‘integrity, inclusiveness, justice and respect’.  It is about sharing and collaboration of supports and resources from governments, services and organisations so that we can continue to uphold the rights of older South Australians and once again build trust in our communities.
 
In many parts of the world, elder abuse occurs with little recognition or response. The purpose of the WEAAD is to encourage communities to recognise the issues concerning abuse of older people and for our society to create policies that promote dignity and respect for older people to enable them to be valued and productive citizens.
 
ARAS WEAAD Conference 
ARAS has raised awareness about elder abuse through its annual state WEAAD Conference since 2006 and in 2013 hosted the National WEAAD Conference in Adelaide.  
Over 200 people regularly participate in the annual Conference which has consistently attracted high praise for its relevance subject matter and the calibre of its national and international speakers. 
 
Our esteemed lineup of speakers include:
The Hon Stephen Wade – Minister for Health & Wellbeing
Hon. Dr Kay Patterson – Australian Human Rights Commission
Dr. Duncan McKellar – Head of Unit for Older Persons’ Mental Health Services, Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NAHLN)
Jeanette Walters –  Director of Intergovernment Relations and Ageing, Office for Ageing Well
Carolanne Barkla – Chief Executive, Aged Rights Advocacy Service
Bev Lange – Executive Officer, Elder Abuse Action Australia (EAAA)
Commissioner Dr Roger Thomas, Office of the Commissioner for Aboriginal Engagement Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Detective Chief Inspector Richard Lambert – South Australia Police (SAPOL), Public Protection Branch
Andrew Haszard – Operations Manager, The Dementia Centre
More information on the speakers can be found here

For event enquiries, please contact Doris on events@agedrights.asn.au or call (08) 8232 5377