Media release Feb 2024
Report shows isolation impacting older people
AIFS researchers are encouraging communities to better support older people, as a new report reveals the experiences and impacts of social and geographical isolation.
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Media release Feb 2024
AIFS researchers are encouraging communities to better support older people, as a new report reveals the experiences and impacts of social and geographical isolation.
Research snapshot Dec 2021
This report summarises the findings of a nationally representative survey of 7,000 people aged 65 and over living in community dwellings.
Research report Dec 2021
This report presents findings from the most extensive study on elder abuse in Australia to date.
Research report Sep 2021
Data access and usage terms and procedures
Research programs
AIFS has an extensive research program on families and violence
Research programs
Through an extensive and long-standing research program AIFS has examined a range of separation and family law-related issues.
Research report Feb 2024
This report sets out the findings of the Factors, Dynamics and Effects of Isolation for Older People: An Exploratory Study with the aim to investigate and understand the experiences and needs of isolated older people in New South Wales.
Study Feb 2023
AIFS has been funded by the Commonwealth Attorney General’s Department to perform an evaluation of Australia’s first National Plan to Respond to the Abuse of Older Australians (Elder Abuse) 2019–2023 (the National Plan).
Journal article Oct 2023
This article explores findings from the was the National Elder Abuse Prevalence Study, the first major national study to gauge the prevalence and nature of elder abuse in Australia.
Research report Oct 2019
This paper discusses the development of a working definition of abuse of older people to be applied in the Elder Abuse National Research Program.