November 9, 2016
Health Care Consent, Aging and Dementia: Mapping Law and Practice in British Columbia
Overview The Canadian Centre for Elder Law (“CCEL”) collaborated with the Alzheimer Society of British Columbia (“The Society”) to lead a project which examined the law, policy and practice of consent to health care in the context of aging and dementia. The project was funded by the Law Foundation of Read more…
July 25, 2022
Abuse and Neglect in Institutional Settings: Strengthening Infrastructural Criminal Law Reform
Proposed federal legislation is pursuing criminal law reform to address the abuse and neglect of older adults within long-term care.[1] A recently introduced private bill, Bill C-295, would amend section 215 of the Criminal Code to specifically criminalize owners and managers of long-term care homes who fail to provide the Read more…
December 4, 2015
Older Women Fleeing Violence and Abuse in Canada: Bringing Together Separate Spheres of Practice
Overview Supporting older women fleeing violence is challenging work that demands knowledge of both elder abuse and violence against women. Yet, these two communities of practice operate largely as separate spheres. The Canadian Centre for Elder Law was invited to submit an article for a special edition of the Journal Read more…
September 8, 2015
Elder Abuse in Chinese and South Asian Communities
Visual Mapping of Needs Assessment Results Poster If you would like free copies of the Simplified Chinese and Punjabi posters please contact 604-822-0564, or [email protected]. The posters state: Healthy Aging means: Feeling safe in your home Feeling respected in your family. Is Read more…
November 23, 2014
Promising Practices for Housing Women who are Older and Fleeing Violence or Abuse
Overview The CCEL was retained by Atira Women’s Resources Society as writer and developer on their national project on promising practices in housing women who are older and fleeing violence or abuse. This project involved working with a national advisory committee of women with expertise in violence against older women Read more…