The United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution 66\/127, designated 15 June as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD). It is the main day in the year when the world voices its opposition to the abuse and suffering inflicted on older people.<\/strong><\/p>\n Elder abuse is an often hidden problem and includes psychological, financial, social, physical, and sexual abuse. \u00a0The definition in use by the World Health Organisation is:<\/p>\n \u201cElder Abuse is a single or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust which causes harm or distress to an older person\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n An increasing number of activities and events are held across the globe on this day to raise awareness of elder abuse and highlight ways to challenge such abuse.<\/p>\n WEAAD is an opportunity for individuals, families, groups and organisations to speak out against elder abuse. By doing something purple in June and telling people \u2018why\u2019, links into the world-wide elder abuse campaign for WEAAD. Whether it is making a purple cake for morning tea at work, giving purple flowers to an older person, or wearing purple to work \u2013 no attempt at raising awareness is too small.<\/p>\n Page updated 4 March 2025<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Elder Abuse Awareness Day – 15 June The United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution 66\/127, designated 15 June as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3809,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"TEC\\Tickets\\Commerce\\Module","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-1369","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1369"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90821,"href":"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1369\/revisions\/90821"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cotant.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
Get involved<\/h2>\n
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Resources for elder abuse awareness day community activities<\/h2>\n
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Support in the Northern Territory\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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\nRelationships Australia NT – 8923 4999 – www.nt.relationships.org.au<\/a><\/li>\n
\nDarwin Community Legal Service – 8982 1111 or 1800 812 953 (free call) – www.dcls.org.au<\/a><\/li>\n
\nCatholic Care – 8958 2400 – www.catholiccarent.org.au<\/a><\/li>\n