Resources

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• Resource List for Transition House, Second and Third Stage Houses and Safe Homes [PDF]
• Report onViolence Against Women,Mental Healthand Substance Use [PDF]

Older Women

• Developing Support Groups for Older Abused Women (Resource for the delivery of support groups for older women) [PDF]
• How to Establish Specialized Refuge and Support Services for Older Abused Women (Manual for Transitional Houses that want to provide age appropriate services for older women who experience violence) [PDF]
• Silent and Invisible: Report on Violence towards Older Women (A report on violence in the lives of older women in BC & Yukon) [PDF]
• Silent and Invisible: What's Age Got To Do With It? (A handbook for service providers on working with older women who experience violence) [PDF]
• VHS: What’s Age Got To Do With it? (A video about violence towards older women) [Hard Copy]     

Reducing Barriers

Reducing Barriers to Support for Women Fleeing Violence: A Toolkit for Supporting Women withVarying Levels of Mental Wellness and Substance Use [PDF]

Disccusion Paper: A research-based discussion paper outlining the links between violence against women, mental wellness and substance use, barriers to service for women, barriers to providing support to women, components of best practices for supporting women [PDF]

Pets

• C.A.R.E. Handbook (Companion Animal Resource Education) [PDF]