Raising elder abuse awareness

Hume Men's Shed Sunbury treasurer Peter Canning, and members Nic Germano, Andrew Wilson, Richard Gibbons, Stephen King, vice president Barry Kelly, and president Ian phillips. (Ljubica Vrankovic). 455702_06

Hume Men’s Shed Sunbury is hosting an elder abuse awareness event with Victoria Police this month, forming the first session of a two-part talk series.

Shed treasurer Peter Canning said the idea to hold the event stemmed from discussions among members following television commercials about elder abuse.

“Some of us were a little confused on what exactly elder abuse was, so we had heard of some conferences that were at the Global Learning Centre in Sunbury about elder abuse, and a couple others went along … and heard completely different definitions of elder abuse to what we assumed,” Mr Canning said.

Following the first session with Victoria Police on Wednesday, February 19, a follow-up event with Elder Abuse Australia will be hosted at the shed on Wednesday, April 16.

Mr Canning said that Elder Abuse Australia will discuss steps to take if you are a victim of elder abuse, and what can be done to help prevent it.

Targeted to a male audience, both events will run from 10–10.30am at the Hume Men’s Shed Sunbury at 158-160 Evans Street, Sunbury, with the general public invited to attend.

Details: sunburymensshed.com

Oscar Parry