Adult Safeguarding Unit

1304 Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (11 September 2019). During 2018-19 how many of the calls that were made to the Adult Safeguarding Unit or Office of Ageing Well raising concerns about elder abuse or adult safeguarding were investigated?

1. How many resulted in action being taken with powers under the act?

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

The provisions that establish the Adult Safeguarding Unit will commence on 1 October 2019. Once operational, the unit will have powers under the act to investigate reports of actual or suspected elder abuse. Those powers had not commenced in 2018-19.