National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment: Expanding the Impact of the Elder Mistreatment Emergency Department Toolkit

Grant Summary

One in 10 older adults is affected by elder abuse, neglect or other forms of mistreatment. The Elder Mistreatment Emergency Department Toolkit, developed and tested by a leading team of national experts, detects and prevents elder abuse through screening protocols in emergency departments. The National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment will help at least 45 hospitals integrate the toolkit into their regular workflow, promote wider adoption through national partnerships, host policy convenings and develop leaders in the prevention of elder mistreatment.

Collaboratory participants include:

• The University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine/National Center on Elder Abuse
• The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston/Texas Elder Abuse and Mistreatment Institute
• New York’s Weill Cornell Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

Related Grant Resources

• Project Page: The National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment
• Elder Mistreatment Emergency Department Toolkit
• National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment 2022–2023 Mentorship Program Cohort
• Mentorship Program: National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment
• Previous Phase: National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment, Model Implementation
• Generations Journal of the American Society on Aging: Taking Action Against Elder Mistreatment