Literature Review: Elder abuse against people from migrant and refugee backgrounds

Since 2012, ECCV’s Raising Awareness of Elder Abuse project has trained bicultural educators to deliver information about elder abuse in a range of community languages. However, there remain significant gaps in our knowledge about the underlying drivers, associated risk factors and impacts of elder abuse, and the contexts in which it occurs.

This desktop review was undertaken to synthesise existing research on elder abuse against people from migrant and refugee backgrounds, with a specific focus on the Australian context. It maps out evidence about emerging issues in elder abuse in this population, with view to informing further work and research in this field.