QLD's older people neglected, isolated, and drained of finances

Queensland’s elderly residents are suffering psychological and financial abuse and manipulation – often at the hands of close family members or care facilities in positions of trust and power.

Published: 6 June 2025
  • qld
  • 6 June 2025
  • Aged Care Insite

An ongoing statewide inquiry into elder abuse by the Queensland Parliament’s Education, Arts and Communities Committee has unearthed harrowing stories.

These include facilities neglecting open wounds and family members withholding access to grandchildren or isolating older relatives in order to manipulate them into giving them money, assets, and control.