Justice committee  I can only speak from an Ontario perspective on that, because it is different from province to province and territory. In Ontario, the long-term care act is very vague in the level of social work service within the legislation. Basically, there is no specific mandate that long-t

Justice committee  It has made it challenging because typically services that would go out to home visits or see people face to face have become much more limited. In that sense, then, that direct connection with the individual.... Many older adults don't have computer capacity at home, so the cont

Justice committee  Again, I'm going to speak in a regional manner. In the province of Ontario, as an example, there is no adult protection legislation, and I appreciate that it's a provincial level, not a federal level. What it does indicate is that there is no capacity through law, through legisl

Justice committee  I'll take a moment to respond to that and use this as an example of how collaboration has happened. Our local elder abuse network in London, Ontario, played a significant role in moving London forward, about six or seven years ago, to become an age-friendly city. That process,

Justice committee  I can speak to the fact that, one, we don't have a specific universal definition of elder abuse. That in itself in data collection makes that challenging. On the other, I'll speak locally, provincially and nationally in that there are no clear policies and protocols in tracking

Justice committee  Good morning. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before this committee and for inviting us to provide a social work perspective on this important study on elder abuse. My name is Patrick Fleming and I am here on behalf of the CASW. I work at the London Health Sciences Centr