Hidden harms - domestic abuse in older adults

Domestic Abuse involving older people can be under recognised and also underreported. Abuse can happen over many years or build up over time making it difficult to recognise. Based on the power and control wheel as adapted by Dewis Choice, the aim of this short animation is to be a tool to help support practitioners and families start a conversation with an older adult. The animation provides examples of domestic abuse, the signs or forms it can take providing detail how to report. Click below to watch the animation on Hidden Harms - Older Adults and Domestic Abuse.

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Thanks to Dewis Choice and Norfolk Safeguarding Adults Board for allowing the adaptation for Cumbria.