Section 3: INTERVENTION Module 16: Helpful Resources

1. Section 3: INTERVENTIONModule 16:Helpful Resources Respect Aging:Preventing Violence against Older Persons Violence Prevention Initiative

2. Agenda • Welcome • Learning together: • Helpful Resources • Small group activity • Reporting back to whole group • Wrap-up / Evaluation

3. Helpful Resources • 24-hour crisis lines • Provincial resources, including • Key contacts in regional health authorities • Director of Neglected Adults • Violence Prevention Initiative • Regional resources • Organized according to regions served by VPI Regional Coordinating Committees against violence • National resources • Federal government

4. Helpful for Whom? • Service provider to older victims of violence • An older person who is a victim of violence • An older person at risk of violence • A perpetrator of violence • Someone with the potential to become violent • Anybody concerned about someone in any of the above situations

5. My Important ContactsA tool for those who may be at risk Sample section

6. Links • The last section of the Manual is called Links. • Provides a list of Internet resources (website addresses). • Further exploration of the topics covered in the Respect Aging Training Program.