About the National Plan

We wrote a plan to stop older people from experiencing abuse.

Abuse is when someone:

  • hurts you
  • scares you
  • controls you.

Abuse is when someone treats you badly.

We also call this mistreatment.

This plan is called the National Plan to End the Abuse and Mistreatment of Older People 2026–2036.

We also call it the National Plan.

All governments in Australia will work together to support the National Plan.

The National Plan will make sure older people are:

list with 4 items

bullet  safe

bullet  important

bullet  heard

bullet  respected. end of list