{"id":3263,"date":"2024-06-20T12:27:38","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T12:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/?p=3263"},"modified":"2024-06-21T04:24:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T04:24:29","slug":"rvra-adc-and-rlcs-united-message-to-denounce-elder-abuse-in-retirement-villages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/retirement\/rvra-adc-and-rlcs-united-message-to-denounce-elder-abuse-in-retirement-villages\/","title":{"rendered":"RVRA, ADC and RLC\u2019s united message to denounce elder abuse in retirement villages"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3263\" class=\"elementor elementor-3263\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d64bb58 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d64bb58\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b8494a5\" data-id=\"b8494a5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14d7bc4 elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14d7bc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>1<strong>2 months ago, the Retirement Village Residents Association (RVRA) released the survey, Ageing Without Fear, conducted across 120 NSW villages and 1,259 residents. <\/strong><\/p><p>40% of residents have experienced abuse: first with residents and their families, and second with retirement village operators.\u00a0<\/p><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rvra.org.au\/\">RVRA <\/a>then partnered with the <a href=\"https:\/\/thedcminstitute.com.au\/\">DCM Institute<\/a> to host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweeklysource.com.au\/community-living\/rvra-webinar-over-40-of-people-in-retirement-villages-have-experienced-abuse\">two webinars on the research results<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f76000d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f76000d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ef00f9\" data-id=\"2ef00f9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c134fdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c134fdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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James Wiltshire, DCM Institute Executive Director, Craig Bennett, President, Roger Pallant, Secretary, and Tamara Rasmussen, Head of Resident Operations at Keyton.\u00a0<\/p><p>The RVRA has subsequently held meetings with the <a href=\"https:\/\/ageingdisabilitycommission.nsw.gov.au\/\">NSW Ageing &amp; Disability Commission<\/a> and the Property Council of Australia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweeklysource.com.au\/government-policy\/retirement-living-council-wants-retirement-villages-to-be-part-of-housing-australia-future-fund\">Retirement Living Council<\/a>.<\/p><p>A one-page Statement of Respect, released to mark <a href=\"https:\/\/elderabuseawarenessday.org.au\/\">World Elder Abuse Awareness Day<\/a>, was agreed to by the three bodies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a2d910 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a2d910\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a169228\" data-id=\"a169228\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9aa14ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9aa14ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Picture11.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3267\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Picture11.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Picture11-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7052ff1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7052ff1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64b1c82\" data-id=\"64b1c82\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46679db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46679db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Roger Pallant (second left) with Daniel Gannon, Retirement Living Council Executive Director, Oliver Luckhurst-0Smith, RLC&#8217;s National Policy Manager, Tony Massaro, Partner &#8211; KordaMentha Real Estate, and Tamara.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Roger Pallant, RVRA Secretary, said it would be great if all village managers put this statement prominently where it can be seen by the majority of residents.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p><em><strong>Browse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au\/?__hstc=36461375.aafdfd4c159758035db43a3dbc613198.1706488875226.1711522194617.1712008110668.157&amp;__hssc=36461375.4.1712008110668&amp;__hsfp=804773211\">villages.com.au<\/a> for the latest on Seniors Living including availability.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>12 months ago, the Retirement Village Residents Association (RVRA) released the survey, Ageing Without Fear, conducted across 120 NSW villages and 1,259 residents. 40% of residents have experienced abuse: first with residents and their families, and second with retirement village operators.\u00a0 The RVRA then partnered&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-retirement"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3263"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3276,"href":"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3263\/revisions\/3276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}