Retirement Villages Regulation 2013
18BPrevention of elder abuse strategy—publication and
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18B Prevention of elder abuse strategy—publication and availability (1) As soon as practicable after preparing a prevention of elder abuse strategy for a retirement village, the operator of the village must publish the strategy in a way that is likely to come to the attention of the following people: (a) a resident of the village; (b) an individual who accesses the village’s website; (c) an individual who tells the operator that the individual or a family member of the individual is interested in becoming a resident of the village. (2) For subsection (1), the operator must— (a) display a copy of the strategy on a notice board in a communal area within the village; and (b) publish the strategy in any other way the operator considers appropriate. Examples—par (b) 1 give each resident a copy of the strategy 2 publish the strategy on the village’s website 3 include the strategy in a brochure about the village (3) The operator must also take reasonable steps to ensure that all the operator’s staff are familiar with the strategy. (4) If a person asks the operator for its prevention of elder abuse strategy, the operator must make the strategy available to the person within 2 business days after the day the person asks for it.