Research conversations: Technology-Facilitated Abuse in Older Adults: Making Sense of Practice Together
Technology is increasingly part of everyday life, but it is also becoming a tool for abuse, control, and exploitation in later life. For many older adults, these harms are hidden, complex, and often misunderstood within social care responses.
This interactive workshop creates a space for practitioners to share experiences, test ideas, and reflect on real-world challenges linked to technology-facilitated abuse. Drawing on Dewis Choice guidance, we will explore how abuse is showing up in practice, where current responses fall short, and what meaningful, person-centred support looks like.
Rather than a traditional training session, this is a collaborative Evidence Community workshop—bringing together professional knowledge and lived realities to strengthen how we recognise and respond to harm.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the session, participants will have:
• Shared and reflected on real practice experiences of technology-facilitated abuse
• Developed a clearer, collective understanding of how abuse presents in later life
• Explored practical responses to complex, ambiguous situations
• Identified ways to strengthen their own and their organisation’s approach