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The 2024 Australian Elder Abuse Conference will be held in South Australia at the Adelaide Convention Centre 22-24 July 2024.
Titled Turn up the Volume!, the conference will continue to shine a light on the uncomfortable truths about elder abuse and neglect. For too long, the mistreatment of older Australians has been allowed to worsen without substantive and cooperative efforts to generate change.
With the number of older Australians expected to double in the next 25 years to around 9 million people, it’s never been more important to repudiate ageism, uphold the principles of equality and confront our nation’s shame.
Elder Abuse Action Australia (EAAA) and Aged Rights Advocacy Service (ARAS) look forward to co-hosting the conference, which will again be presented in a hybrid format. We intend to make a noise that reverberates across the nation, and we hope you will join us as we amplify the call for an Australia that is free of elder abuse.

“The 2024 Australian Elder Abuse Conference will be a rally cry, an opportunity to speak loudly and clearly with and for older people as we seek an end to ageism, abuse and neglect.
ARAS is an organisation with a proud history of advocacy and education and will bring their community knowledge and expertise to Turn Up The Volume!”
Jenny Blakey, EAAA Co-Chair

“ARAS is delighted to join hands with EAAA on the 2024 Australian Elder Abuse Conference. Raising awareness of and preventing abuse of older people are the key priorities for both our organisations.
We look forward to ‘Turning Up The Volume’ to end ageism, abuse and neglect”.
Anne Burgess, ARAS Chair