Home / Latest NewsFind the latest news on a range of topics connected with understanding, preventing, and responding to elder abuse in our community.898 results found. You are viewing page 1 of 30.The Best Intergenerational Day in the NT is Back!Celebrate COTA NT's 5th Grandparents Day on Sunday 26 October 2025. 10/10/2025Elderly Aussies with dementia suffer abuse at hands of family and friends Elderly Aussies with dementia or cognitive impairment suffer shocking abuse at hands of family, friends, or new acqu...09/10/2025Mark your diaries - 2026 Australian Elder Abuse ConferenceRegister now for early bird tickets!09/10/2025Older Australians have had #enoughBlaming seniors for today’s problems is driving intergenerational division. It’s time for positive change.09/10/2025Standing up for dignity in our health systemHave you heard of ‘bed blocking’ in the current public debate about hospital pressures? 09/10/2025Calls to reintroduce coercive control law for consultationThe Canberra Liberals have called on the community to have their say on the party’s proposed coercive control law whi...09/10/2025Realtor suspended for targeting most vulnerableConcerns about elder exploitation have erupted after a real estate agent purchased a home at a significantly underval...09/10/2025Bolder celebrates diverse older communityBolder is a photographic and storytelling project celebrating the lives of our diverse older community.09/10/2025Tackle ageism with a national action plan: COTA AustraliaAustralia needs a national action plan to address ageism, unlock older people’s participation, and protect their righ...09/10/2025Calls to reform pension age for workers with physically hard jobs For some Australians, continuing to work until the pension age of 67 can be a struggle.09/10/2025Giving the “Forgotten Australians” a helping handA group known as Forgotten Australians has been identified as having many challenges as they face the possibility of ...09/10/2025Man extradited for alleged financial elder abuseDetectives have extradited a man from New Zealand via a Queensland arrest warrant for defrauding an elderly family me...09/10/2025Why is dementia fatal?Earlier this month, data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found 17,400 people died in 2023 due to ...09/10/2025Ageism is impacting productivity. This is how we fix itRobert Fitzgerald AM and Catherine Hunter write about the impact of ageism on Australia's productivity and how to fix...09/10/2025Daily showers will be too expensive for some older AustraliansOlder Australians will pay more to stay in their own homes after aged care changes.09/10/2025Many will miss out on Alzheimer drug Lecanemab, which has been shown to "significantly" extend quality of life, comes at a great cost. 09/10/2025Merri-bek says no to ageism and yes to celebrating age with BolderThe council has launched Bolder, a photographic and storytelling project celebrating the lives of our diverse older c...09/10/2025Community voices neededBig changes are coming to aged care in Australia. From 1 November 2025, the new Aged Care Act will come into effect. 09/10/2025Hearing it from you: sign up to the frailty research forums for Western Queensland A team from the Australian Frailty Network will hit the road and travel to western Queensland to ask you all about fr...08/10/2025Think Again campaign to challenge misconceptions about dementiaA new national campaign urges Australians to change the way they think about brain health.05/10/2025Aged care worker to front court over allegedly defrauding elderly residentsAn aged care worker in south-east Queensland has been charged with 113 offences over allegedly defrauding elderly peo...05/10/2025Pensioners left 'waiting to die' in regional Victoria Between 2018 to 2024 data shows 2 million Australians were forgoing specialist treatment every year.05/10/2025The challenges of using 31 PBS scripts a year – new researchAustralians are living longer than ever before. While this is broadly good news, ageing well comes with a range of ch...05/10/2025Survey for older people: Improving aged care The government wants to hear from older people, their families and carers about the changes being made to aged care.05/10/2025Roundtable tackles financial abuse of older peopleAge Discrimination Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald AM recently hosted the second Financial Elder Abuse Roundtable, bri...05/10/2025More than a million Australians could be living with dementia in 40 yearsA new report has also found dementia was Australia's leading cause of death in 2023.05/10/2025What to know before moving in with familyA 79-year-old man has been left homeless after a dispute with an adult family member, exposing how vulnerable retiree...05/10/2025Respect challenges ageismVolunteers and an aged care provider work together to remind all that beauty is not defined by age.05/10/2025Government urged to do more as 2,500 hospital patients wait for aged care bedsStates and territories call on the federal government to do more to help elderly patients stuck in public hospitals w...05/10/2025Calls to make the pension fairer for Indigenous AustraliansToo many Indigenous Australians die before getting to claim the age pension. We need to make retirement fairer says T...28/09/2025 Back 123 … 30 Next
The Best Intergenerational Day in the NT is Back!Celebrate COTA NT's 5th Grandparents Day on Sunday 26 October 2025. 10/10/2025
Elderly Aussies with dementia suffer abuse at hands of family and friends Elderly Aussies with dementia or cognitive impairment suffer shocking abuse at hands of family, friends, or new acqu...09/10/2025
Mark your diaries - 2026 Australian Elder Abuse ConferenceRegister now for early bird tickets!09/10/2025
Older Australians have had #enoughBlaming seniors for today’s problems is driving intergenerational division. It’s time for positive change.09/10/2025
Standing up for dignity in our health systemHave you heard of ‘bed blocking’ in the current public debate about hospital pressures? 09/10/2025
Calls to reintroduce coercive control law for consultationThe Canberra Liberals have called on the community to have their say on the party’s proposed coercive control law whi...09/10/2025
Realtor suspended for targeting most vulnerableConcerns about elder exploitation have erupted after a real estate agent purchased a home at a significantly underval...09/10/2025
Bolder celebrates diverse older communityBolder is a photographic and storytelling project celebrating the lives of our diverse older community.09/10/2025
Tackle ageism with a national action plan: COTA AustraliaAustralia needs a national action plan to address ageism, unlock older people’s participation, and protect their righ...09/10/2025
Calls to reform pension age for workers with physically hard jobs For some Australians, continuing to work until the pension age of 67 can be a struggle.09/10/2025
Giving the “Forgotten Australians” a helping handA group known as Forgotten Australians has been identified as having many challenges as they face the possibility of ...09/10/2025
Man extradited for alleged financial elder abuseDetectives have extradited a man from New Zealand via a Queensland arrest warrant for defrauding an elderly family me...09/10/2025
Why is dementia fatal?Earlier this month, data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found 17,400 people died in 2023 due to ...09/10/2025
Ageism is impacting productivity. This is how we fix itRobert Fitzgerald AM and Catherine Hunter write about the impact of ageism on Australia's productivity and how to fix...09/10/2025
Daily showers will be too expensive for some older AustraliansOlder Australians will pay more to stay in their own homes after aged care changes.09/10/2025
Many will miss out on Alzheimer drug Lecanemab, which has been shown to "significantly" extend quality of life, comes at a great cost. 09/10/2025
Merri-bek says no to ageism and yes to celebrating age with BolderThe council has launched Bolder, a photographic and storytelling project celebrating the lives of our diverse older c...09/10/2025
Community voices neededBig changes are coming to aged care in Australia. From 1 November 2025, the new Aged Care Act will come into effect. 09/10/2025
Hearing it from you: sign up to the frailty research forums for Western Queensland A team from the Australian Frailty Network will hit the road and travel to western Queensland to ask you all about fr...08/10/2025
Think Again campaign to challenge misconceptions about dementiaA new national campaign urges Australians to change the way they think about brain health.05/10/2025
Aged care worker to front court over allegedly defrauding elderly residentsAn aged care worker in south-east Queensland has been charged with 113 offences over allegedly defrauding elderly peo...05/10/2025
Pensioners left 'waiting to die' in regional Victoria Between 2018 to 2024 data shows 2 million Australians were forgoing specialist treatment every year.05/10/2025
The challenges of using 31 PBS scripts a year – new researchAustralians are living longer than ever before. While this is broadly good news, ageing well comes with a range of ch...05/10/2025
Survey for older people: Improving aged care The government wants to hear from older people, their families and carers about the changes being made to aged care.05/10/2025
Roundtable tackles financial abuse of older peopleAge Discrimination Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald AM recently hosted the second Financial Elder Abuse Roundtable, bri...05/10/2025
More than a million Australians could be living with dementia in 40 yearsA new report has also found dementia was Australia's leading cause of death in 2023.05/10/2025
What to know before moving in with familyA 79-year-old man has been left homeless after a dispute with an adult family member, exposing how vulnerable retiree...05/10/2025
Respect challenges ageismVolunteers and an aged care provider work together to remind all that beauty is not defined by age.05/10/2025
Government urged to do more as 2,500 hospital patients wait for aged care bedsStates and territories call on the federal government to do more to help elderly patients stuck in public hospitals w...05/10/2025
Calls to make the pension fairer for Indigenous AustraliansToo many Indigenous Australians die before getting to claim the age pension. We need to make retirement fairer says T...28/09/2025