I totally agree with what you have said. I have done some work, and I have written practice guidelines on women abuse and intimate partner violence. I have read the report you are talking about, in my other job, which I'm not going to talk about here. I know that particular groups—immigrants, indigenous, LGBTQ, people with low education or in poverty—those are the people who, based on much of literature, are high-risk.
Gender-based violence is huge. We're talking about bullies, men who abuse, intimate partner violence. For senior adults, there are things that stand out when I hear that. Financial abuse is a huge one that a lot of them face. It's hard to deal with that, especially when they've been abused by a friend they depend on or family or their spouses or even their children. If those are the only sources of support they have, it's very challenging to deal with that.
In terms of what can be done, I think we need to speak about awareness. There need to be a lot of programs that speak to how people need to be aware. Doctors need to be aware of questions to ask. Health care professionals, social workers and people in religious places need to be aware of indicators of abuse, especially among senior women. If they see them, what should be done? What can they do about it?
The elderly too, the seniors, need to know the impacts, the long-term or the short-term implications of all these forms of abuse.
Awareness might be—