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May brings with it a sense of renewal. It’s a time to embrace the warmth of the season and a time to celebrate the priceless support of those in the community who uplift us. At EAPO we are here to walk alongside you, to build connections and offer a helping hand whenever needed, to ensure older adults can age with dignity and respect.
This month, we are launching Season 2 of our Podcast, "Aging Vibrantly- Conversations to Empower Seniors", where older adults share personal perspectives on aging that celebrate their strength and wisdom.
This month of May has also brought profound sorrow for the EAPO family. On May 24th, we gathered with family, friends and colleagues in Bobcaygeon, to Celebrate the Life of Adam Jones. Adam was a passionate, respected leader who never sought the spotlight, but always illuminated the path. As Board Chair, he led the organization, with unwavering dedication and resolve. His legacy is one of caring - deep and enduring and by example, he inspired us to lead with integrity and care without limit. His commitment to the protection of human rights of older persons, set an indelible mark. Saturday's memorial service was a moving tribute, filled with tears and laughter, as we reflected and honored a life well lived.
As we move through this season of growth and remembrance, may we draw strength from one another and from the lives that continue to motivate and empower us to do better.
Rest in Peace Adam and be assured, that your genuine warmth and generosity of spirit, will be our compass for the road ahead.
Marta C Hajek
CEO
| | Aging Vibrantly: Conversations to Empower Seniors - Podcast | | |
Thank you for listening to the Aging Vibrantly: Conversations to Empower Seniors Podcast!
We hope you enjoyed the 10 episodes of Season 1 with guest experts and older adult leaders alike, who imparted their wisdom, expertise and lived experiences to enhance your understanding of aging issues and living a safe and fulfilling life, with dignity and respect.
Season 2 Launches in June 2025!
If you have haven't had a chance to listen to Season 1
Watch or Listen on: YouTube, Spotify, Apple
| | May is Sexual Violence Prevention Month | | |
In Canada, approximately 1 in 3 women and 1 in 10 men experience sexual violence in their lifetimes. Everyone in Canada deserves to live safe and free from violence.
May is Sexual Violence Prevention Month, a time to shed light on this serious and widespread issue of sexual abuse. Through educational forums, we can not only educate everyone, but can engage in meaningful conversations, and stand in solidarity with survivors.
This is a reminder, that preventing sexual violence requires collective action, inclusive support systems, and ongoing awareness.
By learning more and speaking out, we can help build safer communities and ensure that those affected by sexual violence feel seen, heard, and supported. Learn more about Sexual violence and consent. If you or someone you know has been affected by sexual violence, we urge you to visit Support services for those affected by gender-based violence.
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Join Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario as we welcome the Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments (OBSI) to our upcoming webinar, highlighting OBSI’s role in resolving disputes between consumers and financial services firms.
Our guest speakers, will walk participants through real cases involving vulnerable seniors and showcase valuable tools and resources to support and protect seniors’ financial well-being.
Register Here
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Discover how public education becomes public engagement when communities make key messages their own — in their words, and in their own languages.
Join EAPO, CNPEA and CREVAWC to learn how It’s Not Right! Neighbours, Friends and Families for Older Adults is being powerfully reimagined in various ethnocultural and Indigenous communities across Alberta, the Northwest Territories, and Quebec.
We trust you will come away inspired by grassroots adaptations that honour culture, strengthen connections, and bring people together to help prevent elder abuse.
Register Here
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15th INTERGENERATIONAL DAY CANADA
June 1st, 2025!
Each year on June 1, we promote Intergenerational Day – a celebration of the mutual benefits of building relationships across generations.
"It's not about doing different things, it is about doing different things"! Respectful and purposeful intergenerational relation prevent elder abuse. Learn more about IG Day at intergenerationalsociety.ca #IGDayCanada
Find Resources to Reconnect Community to play your IG Day activities and share your event and/or activity here.
Listen to 'Aging Vibrantly' Podcast - Episode 9 : Bridging the Gap : Building Generational Connections - featuring Sharon Mackenzie, Executive Director of i2i Intergenerational Society who shares her knowledge and research as well as informs us why intergenerational connections benefit both youth and seniors.
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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) June 15th
"Be Bold - Age with Attitude"
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Officially declared by the UN General Assembly WEAAD June 15th serves as the annual day where the global community comes together to re-commit to understanding, preventing, and responding to the abuse and neglect of older adults. WEAAD began in 2006, through the advocacy efforts of Dr. Elizabeth Podnieks (EAPO’s Founder), the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
On this day we unite in promoting older adults' rights to live with dignity, security, and to be afforded the respect to continue contributing to their community and the whole of civil society worldwide. In Canada, our network of EA Prevention organizations work tirelessly to provide supports, education, and resources to older adults and their communities. WEAAD is a powerful platform for raising awareness and inspiring actions that create positive outcomes and help change the narrative around positive aging.
Help us empower, educate and inform others about elder abuse prevention!
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This year’s 2025 WEAAD theme, "Be Bold - Age with Attitude" celebrates the strength, wisdom, and resilience of older adults while promoting their right to live free from abuse and age discrimination. As we celebrate another milestone year, we are including an educational component, doing our part to create communities where aging is honored and elder abuse is prevented, through raised awareness, understanding, and actions.
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Plan a World Elder Abuse Awareness Day event
To help individuals and organizations plan WEAAD activites and events, EAPO has online resources available to download and utilize for promotions. Check out EAPO's website for WEAAD logos (EN & FR), social media banners (EN & FR), proclamations, certificates, customizable templates, WEAAD planning ideas for events and more!
Don't forget to let us know your WEAAD plans-by adding it to our WEAAD Calendar.
https://eapon.ca/weaad/
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In recognition of
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
the CN Tower will be lit in purple as well as
Niagara Falls!
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EAPO, CNPEA, CanAge and many provincial partners, are inviting Canadians to join us on June 11th, 2025 from 1pm - 2:30 pm (ET) for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, where we're celebrating the theme,
"Be Bold : Age with Attitude."
Attend our National event for a lively, interactive panel discussion with speakers who will share their knowledge and initiatives to address ageism and discuss different approaches to help build more inclusive, safer communities for all ages. Guests will share with attendees ways in which they engaged others, to change the way we think about aging and treat older people, and promote the rights of older persons, each in their own unique way.
Speaker details will be released soon!
Register TODAY to reserve your spot!
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À l’occasion de la Journée mondiale de la sensibilisation à la maltraitance des personnes aînées, assistez à la conférence « Vieillir en s’affirmant… S’épanouir dans tous les milieux », le 10 juin de 14 h à 15 h 30 (HE).
Martine Lagacé, Mélisa Audet et Josée Duplantie aborderont des enjeux concrets comme l’âgisme au travail, la bientraitance en résidence et l’adaptation culturelle des démarches de sensibilisation.
Pour tous les détails et pour vous inscrire : https://francsavoir.ca/
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View EAPO Event Recordings
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Mental Health Week 2025 Theme: Unmasking Mental Health
Living with a mental health or substance use challenges is hard enough; masking it can make it even harder.
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May is National Caregiver Month
During National Caregiver Month, we acknowledge and celebrate the 8 million +, caregivers across Canada, who care for and support their family members and friends.
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National AccessAbility Week: May 25 to 31, 2025
Join us to celebrate: the valuable contributions and leadership of persons with disabilities in Canada; the work of allies, organizations and communities that are removing barriers; ongoing efforts to become a more accessible and disability inclusive Canada.
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Perspectives Podcast
Scotiabank Perspectives
Financial abuse has often been called ‘The Crime of the 21st Century’ as financial elder abuse in particular is becoming increasingly more prevalent.
In this episode, our Raeann Rideout, Director of Strategic Partnerships with EAPO and Nicole Daley, Senior Investigator for Central Canada at Scotiabank Corporate Security Investigation Services, explain how financial elder abuse happens, how to spot it, what to do if you’re a victim or suspect someone has been victimized.
Listen on Apple Podcasts /Spotify // View on Scotiabank website // View Clip: LinkedIn
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The Petro‑Canada CareMakers Foundation National Grant program is intended to inspire transformational change in the lives of family caregivers across Canada. They fund projects and programs that primarily: alleviate the systematic challenges faced by family caregivers across Canada support thought leadership and research programs that illuminate these challenges; provide new insights; suggest innovative solutions; create tools or resources for family caregivers.
The National Grant application portal will open for 5 weeks beginning May 2025.
Click here for more information.
| | NEW Articles, Reports and Resources | | |
Elder abuse and coercive control are Australia’s hidden shame (Bev Jowle: The West Australian, 21 May 2025)
... This abuse often starts with coercive control, typically over financial resources, technology or aged care support. ...Coercive control is frequently mixed with caring behaviour from the person doing harm, especially in the early stages of abuse... Read full article
COLUMN: A second chance to get it right on coercive control (Heather Campbell Pope, founder of Dementia Justice Canada, CHCO Television, The courier, May 14, 2025)
...Bill C-332 ...While elder abuse is a complex and sensitive topic with no easy solutions, a coercive control offence can help prosecute and punish controlling family members and caregivers. Learn more about Bill C-332 and Read full article here
| | The grandmother SPIRIT PROJECT | Native Women's Association of Canada | | This resource book is intended to help raise awareness of issues of senior abuse in the lives of senior Aboriginal women, their families and communities. It is meant to help promote the safety and well-being of our seniors and Elders, both women and men, and to honour them as they would be traditionally. Developing a safe community for our Grandmothers and Grandfathers requires the efforts of all community members, from our little ones to the Old ones. We all play a role in ending senior abuse and making our communities safe, for this generation and for generations to come. Access Book here | | |
This podcast often features people living with dementia, their care/life partners, and supporters sharing experiences. Through the interviews, guests demonstrate their capacity to live fully.
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| | On this episode, Dr. Samir Sinha, a geriatrician at Sinai Health and the University Health Network and co-author of the CMAJ article, explains the evidence supporting exercise as a tool for preventing frailty, cognitive decline, and chronic disease in older adults Listen here | | An uplifting, inspirational podcast talking about all things caregiving. Therapist and caregiver Stephanie Muskat takes you through real-life caregiving stories from her own therapeutic experience and gives you the raw and personal on her own caregiving experiences as a young caregiver. Plus hear from tons of incredible experts and caregivers who are living through their day-to-day journeys. Listen to episodes here | | This year’s State of Ageing report paints a national picture of the older population in England, using a variety of national data sources. We have also spoken to older people about their lives and seen our analysis of the data reflected in their experiences of ageing. Read here | | The CareShare Playbook | SE Health | | This guide is for organizations looking to implement the CareShare model. It provides a step-by-step framework to help your organization adapt the model to your unique needs, offering insights from real-world pilot experiences. Inside, you’ll find actionable steps, tools, and strategies for building scalable, sustainable caregiving solutions. Learn more here | | Upcoming Webinars & Conferences | | |
Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario | www.eapon.ca
416-916-6728 | Toll-Free: 1-833-916-6728
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