World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: Join Us in Building Stronger Supports for Older Adults
Join us and our network of grantees and colleagues in recognizing World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) on June 15 by using the below resources and joining a webinar, "Trauma-Informed Practices to Address Abuse and Build Resilience."
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) was launched by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and the World Health Organization at the United Nations. The purpose of WEAAD is to provide an opportunity for communities around the world to promote a better understanding of abuse and neglect of older persons by raising awareness of the cultural, social, economic and demographic processes affecting elder abuse and neglect.
The Elder Justice Coordinating Council and the Administration for Community Living-funded National Center on Elder Abuse are holding a series of events to highlight WEAAD. A June 15 webinar, hosted by USC Center for Elder Justice, in collaboration with partner organizations, will focus on "Trauma-Informed Practices to Address Abuse and Build Resilience." The webinar features JAHF grantee, the Diverse Elders Coalition.
Access resources from JAHF partners and grantees to help build strong supports for older adults that prevent elder mistreatment:
- WEAAD Tool Kit and Action Page
- National Center on Elder Abuse resources including:
- Elder Mistreatment Emergency Department Toolkit from the National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment
- Posted on the Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative (GEDC) website, the toolkit contains resources that train ED staff to use simple screens and action steps to address elder mistreatment.
- The National Collaboratory Mentorship Program
- Meet the clinicians, service providers, researchers, policymakers and advocates from multiple disciplines who are focusing on elder mistreatment and abuse. National Collaboratory staff talk more about the program and WEAAD here.
- An Initial Evaluation of the Weinberg Center for Elder Justice’s Shelter Model for Elder Abuse and Mistreatment
- The report shows that an innovative shelter model can be a replicable and a cost-efficient solution to meeting the needs of older adults experiencing abuse.
- Recent journal articles include:
- Racial/Ethnic Group Differences in Older Adults’ Involvement with Adult Protective Services, Journal of Gerontological Social Work
- Leveraging VA Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation to Improve Elder Abuse Detection in Older Veterans using a Standardized Tool, Academic Emergency Medicine
- Elder Mistreatment Prevention Rounds in Nursing Homes, American Journal of Nursing
Find out more ways to take action.
Learn more at the WEAAD website.
Register for the June 15 webinar.
Go to the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA).
Learn more about JAHF's support of EDC's National Collaboratory.
