Best practice guidelines for interviewing older people at risk

These guidelines were funded by the Department of Communities and developed with reference to relevant literature and informed by the extensive professional experience of legal practitioners and client advocates working at the Older People’s Rights Service at the Northern Suburbs Community Legal Centre (NSCLC) in Perth, Western Australia. Researchers from the ECU Social Ageing (SAGE) Futures Lab conducted focus groups and interviews with Western Australian professionals from relevant sectors.This process was guided by an advisory group comprising representatives of the following organisations: Advocare, Council on the Ageing WA (COTA WA), Northern Suburbs Community Legal Centre, Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing, Office of the Commissioner for Victims of Crime, the Department of Communities and WA Police Force.