Human Resources committee  What would be the role for reporting? I want to make sure I'm understanding the question correctly.

Human Resources committee  Yes, absolutely. There's dependence on the financial abuser. In frauds and scams, that abuse is coming from individuals who are strangers or are scammers in various sectors. The financial abuser is somebody who's close to the older adult they're abusing, so it's a neighbour or f

Human Resources committee  Absolutely. I've personally witnessed, working in the community, less and less time available for frontline staff to interact with people. We've seen push-back from those same frontline staff, who are saying they can't do it. Yes, in an ideal world, they can prepare a meal in 10

Human Resources committee  If it's somebody coming in and doing very intimate care over a 10-minute period and maybe not even having time to introduce themselves or explain what they're going to do because they're so worried about getting it done in that period of time, they don't have that connection. The

Human Resources committee  I would be happy to provide a report of our survey. We put out the survey to our members, to our network, which includes frontline service providers and researchers in the field from across the country. Off the top of my head, I don't know if we broke it down that specifically.

Human Resources committee  If I may start, Ms. Oko, I would say that I think this is huge in the community. We were told that $2,000 a month was the minimum amount that people needed to survive in Canada throughout the pandemic. Many of our older adults and people living with disabilities and older adults

Human Resources committee  Yes, absolutely. I'm going to speak a little bit from my day job role. I am a registered nurse and I work in the core area of Winnipeg. We see on a daily basis how underserved our older adults are. Those are my clients. Those are the people I support. We know that people fare

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much for the question. Reporting is a very tricky conversation. We do want to keep in mind that, first of all, 91% of our older adults live in the community, so they are being supported in the community. In the abuse that they experience, in many cases we know tha

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to Ms. Oko for sharing her experiences. Good afternoon, everyone. I'd like to acknowledge that I'm speaking to you from Treaty No. 1 territory, the traditional territory of the Anishinabe, Inninewak, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene peoples, and fro

Justice committee  I have a similar answer, but I can speak anecdotally. When it comes to victims of abuse or neglect, with older adults, whether in long-term care settings or in community settings, service providers don't necessarily take the information as seriously as they would if the victim

Justice committee  I do. I do think there needs to be more accountability when it is discovered that private care providers, and even municipal care home providers, are not doing the job that our older adults deserve. There should be a level of accountability. Speaking for Manitoba, there is overs

Justice committee  Absolutely. I can speak both professionally and personally. My grandmother is in one of the care homes that suffered a significant COVID outbreak, and we learned after the fact that they were staffed at pre-pandemic levels, even when there were outbreaks in other care homes in t

Justice committee  Absolutely. Thank you. In the community setting, we see in many cases that older adults do not want to report family or friends and do not want criminal proceedings. They are dependent on the perpetrator for something, whether it be to help them get groceries, for transportation

Justice committee  Is that a little bit better?

Justice committee  Perfect. I can definitely speak to that. What has been compounded throughout the pandemic is the isolation that older adults face. Some older adults are connected to more resources than others. We definitely see that older adults who are less connected are more likely to become