Federal government to trial new services for reporting elder abuse

Elder abuse

An elderly man sits in Martin Place after attending the Anzac Day Dawn Service in Sydney Source: AAP

Older Australians who experience abuse or their families will now be able to contact a free national hotline providing referrals and information on how people can best protect themselves. The federal government says the funding will be used for 12 trials of frontline services, starting before June this year.



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