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Retirement villages must have elder abuse plan from 27 May

All retirement village operators in the ACT will be required to have an elder abuse strategy in place from 27 May, 2025.

Published: 2 May 2025
  • act
  • 2 May 2025
  • The Weekly Source

The new law requires operators to develop and implement a strategy that supports staff and residents to identify and address abuse, neglect, exploitation or mistreatment of older people living in their retirement villages.

Find out how one operator has responded to this new regulation in the link below.