June 2023

In 2023, the Retirement Village Residents Association (RVRA) developed and distributed a survey on psychological abuse to all its members and some 120 retirement villages throughout NSW.

The RVRA is not aware of any previous studies of the impact of psychological abuse solely within retirement villages that excluded external triggers such as financial abuse and neglect.

Other studies included psychological abuse with a broader range of elder abuse topics, and cover the broader senior cohort of aged care, community housing and general over 55's living situations.

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