Education Kit Cover
This education kit was developed to assist people who are working to prevent and stop abuse and neglect of seniors. The kit contains a 20-minute DVD entitled Finding A Future for Ellen with discussion guides for presenting the film as well as a PowerPoint presentation and speaker’s notes on CD. Information sheets and handouts for both presentations are also included.
The purpose of this kit is to support people in communities around British Columbia to:
- Provide education about abuse and neglect of seniors and seniors’ rights
- Share ideas, knowledge and information about responding effectively to abuse and neglect of seniors; and
- Strengthen working relationships.
To order this eduction kit:
Print and fill in the order form (PDF) and mail it with your cheque to:
BC CEAS (BC Centre for Elder Advocacy & Support)
#304 – 411 Dunsmuir Street,
Vancouver, B.C.
V6B 1X4
Download:
Order form for Community and Justice System Working Together Education Kit (PDF)
Education kits cost:
$125 (includes $25 fee for shipping + handling). For videos, please add an additional $10 each.
Feel free to contact BCCEAS with any questions.
More Details
During the Community and Justice System Working Together As Partners project we asked people to tell us what kind of educational material would best meet their needs.
Seniors, and people who help seniors, wanted to know about the criminal justice system. They were interested in learning more about when abuse and neglect of seniors is a crime, how to make reports to police or designated agencies and what happens after a report is made.
Police officers said:
- “Print material, including a small card that we can put in our pocket with phone numbers on it rather than a binder or anything we have to read”.
- “Training sessions in concert with community services which would allow opportunities to share information and build relationships”
- “Periodic review of protocols, ongoing joint training and relationship building with community partners.”
The training needs of designated agency staff were remarkably similar to what the police described:
- Joint training sessions for members of community response networks, designated agency staff, police and victim service workers to enable people to share information and build relationships as they learn together
- Periodic review of protocols, ongoing joint training and relationship building with community partners and police
- Provide ongoing training for new staff and staff who were not involved in the development of protocols within the health authority and police departments about abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults and related protocols
With the assistance of the Advisory Committee to the project and our funder, Community Mobilization Program, we have developed a kit that can be used by people in communities as they work and learn together. We hope that you will adapt the material for your own use, adding information about local resources and contact numbers.
Posted on: Thursday, August 18th, 2005
In section(s): Educational & Training Materials, Order from BCCEAS
