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University of Wollongong awarded $8.9 million funding to establish Palliative Aged Care Outcomes Program The Australian Health Services Research

40 per cent of aged care residents experience abuse or neglect 40 per cent of aged care residents experience abuse or neglect Normal text size Advertisement Four in 10 aged care residents have experienced some form of abuse or neglect, a rate of elder abuse close to the upper range found in overseas studies. Described by experts as a hidden and neglected problem in Australia, an "experimental" survey of elder abuse among 391 residents living in 67 aged care facilities found 39.4 per cent said t...