Webinar: Understanding and Preventing Elder Abuse and Neglect
Understanding and Preventing Elder Abuse and Neglect
Date: Monday, 30 June 2025
Time: 06:00 UTC
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WONCA’s Special Interest Group on Family Violence invites you to a timely webinar on elder abuse and neglect. Join speakers from Slovenia, Australia and Israel as they share tools, experience and strategies to help family doctors better identify and respond to this growing concern.
Speakers
Prof. Dimity Pond (Australia)
Dimity Pond is Professor of General Practice at the University of Newcastle School of Medicine and Public Health. She is also a practising GP with clinical experience supporting older patients and families. Her research interests include ageing, dementia and elder abuse in the context of general practice.
Dr Hagit Dascal-Weichhendler (Israel)
Hagit Dascal-Weichhendler is a board-certified family physician and Chair of the Committee on Family Violence for Clalit Health Services in Northern Israel. She leads training and support services for staff serving over 740,000 people, and teaches extensively on family violence at Haifa’s Department of Family Medicine.
Asst Prof. Nena Kopčavar Guček (Slovenia)
Nena Kopčavar Guček is a family doctor in Ljubljana and Assistant Professor at the University of Ljubljana. She leads the Medical Chamber of Slovenia’s Committee for Preventing Violence, and has long-standing teaching and mentoring roles in medical education, with a strong focus on family and workplace violence.
Moderator
A/Prof Jennifer Neil – Secretary, WONCA SIG on Family Violence
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This webinar is part of WONCA’s ongoing commitment to equipping family doctors with the tools and awareness to address violence in all its forms.