- Services for Prevention and Handling of Elder Abuse

Some of the social service units serving elderly persons, such as District Elderly Community Centres and Neighbourhood Elderly Centre etc. provide public education on prevention of elder abuse to enhance the elders and their family members' understanding on this problem and encourage the elders and their family members to seek early assistance in case of need.

Besides, the government and non-governmental welfare units providing casework services, such as District Elderly Community Centres and Integrated Family Service Centres etc. will provide appropriate services for the elderly victims and their family members (including the abusers) to protect the elderly persons and to prevent the recurrence of elder abuse. 

 

To unify the definition and equip various professionals with clear procedural guidelines on handling suspected elder abuse cases, Social Welfare Department has published and updated 'Procedural Guidelines for Handling Elder Abuse Cases' ('Procedural Guidelines') in December 2003 and 2006 respectively, which aim to provide reference materials and procedures for different organisations and personnel in handling suspected elder abuse cases.  In view of development of welfare services, the 'Procedural Guidelines' have been updated in 2019 and 2021.  The latest version was renamed as 'Procedural Guidelines for Handling Elder Abuse Cases (Revised 2021)' and can be downloaded here:

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Chapter 11 Appendices I - III : Reporting Guidelines, Flowchart and Data Input Form for the 'Central Information System on Elder Abuse Case'

To facilitate the professionals to report cases to the 'Central Information System on Elder Abuse Cases' and have a better understanding on the definition of elder abuse, Social Welfare Department has further revised the Chapter 11 Appendices I - III : Reporting Guidelines, Flowchart and Data Input Form for the 'Central Information System on Elder Abuse Cases' of the 'Procedural Guidelines for Handling Elder Abuse Cases' in 2019.  The revised Chapter 11 Appendices I - III can be downloaded here :

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Statistics on Elder Abuse Cases

Based on the information collected by the Central Information System on Elder Abuse Cases, the statistics on newly reported elder abuse cases for the period from January to December 2020 are as follows:

Statistics of Type of Elder Abuse Cases 

Statistics of Type of Abuse by Victim's Sex

Statistics of Relationship between Victim and Abuser

Based on the information collected by the Central Information System on Elder Abuse Cases, the statistics on newly reported elder abuse cases from 2005 to 2020 can be downloaded here :  

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Statistics on newly reported elder abuse cases (January to December 2005)
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Statistics on newly reported elder abuse cases (January to December 2006)
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Statistics on newly reported elder abuse cases (January to December 2007)
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Statistics on newly reported elder abuse cases (January to December 2008)
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Statistics on newly reported elder abuse cases (January to December 2009)
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Statistics on newly reported elder abuse cases (January to December 2010)
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Statistics on newly reported elder abuse cases (January to December 2011)
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Statistics on newly reported elder abuse cases (January to December 2012)
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Statistics on newly reported elder abuse cases (January to December 2013)
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Statistics on newly reported elder abuse cases (January to December 2014)
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Statistics on newly reported elder abuse cases (January to December 2015)
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Statistics on newly reported elder abuse cases (January to December 2016)
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Statistics on newly reported elder abuse cases (January to December 2017)
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Statistics on newly reported elder abuse cases (January to December 2018)
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Statistics on newly reported elder abuse cases (January to December 2019)
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Statistics on newly reported elder abuse cases (January to December 2020)
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Publicity Leaflets on 'Protecting Elderly Persons Against Abuse'

The Department has published a set of 6 leaflets on elder abuse to enhance the awareness of elders and other citizens on the problem of elder abuse, to prevent the occurrence of abusive incident, and to encourage victims of abuse as well as their family members and friends to seek assistance as early as possible so as to remedy the situations. The leaflets can be downloaded here.

Protecting Elderly Persons Against Abuse 
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Protecting Elderly Persons Against Physical Abuse
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Protecting Elderly Persons Against Psychological Abuse
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Protecting Elderly Persons Against Neglect and Abandonment
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Protecting Elderly Persons Against Financial Abuse
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Protecting Elderly Persons Against Sexual Abuse
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Leaflets on 'Protecting Elderly Persons Against Abuse' in Ethnic Minority language

	Leaflets on 'Protecting Elderly Persons Against Abuse' in Ethnic Minority languages can be downloaded here:
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