Adult Safeguarding Unit

1303 Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (11 September 2019). During 2018-19 how many calls were made to the Adult Safeguarding Unit or Office of Ageing Well raising concerns about elder abuse or adult safeguarding?

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining): The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has advised:

The South Australian Elder Abuse Prevention Phone Line was managed externally with funding from the Office for Ageing Well, until it transitioned to the Office for Ageing Well in January 2019.

The line received 565 calls during 2018-19.