The Federal Elder Justice Action Plan has three priorities — addressing fraud and financial exploitation of elderly Americans ...

Beaufort County residents are invited to attend an upcoming A.C.E. of Hearts Initiative training designed to help protect ...

In the age of smartphone cameras, viral videos and scams, victims of senior abuse and exploitation have splashed in public ...

Pavlik, V.N., D.J.Hyman, N.A. Festa, and C. Bitondo Dyer 2001 Quantifying the problem of abuse and neglect in adults—analysis of a statewide database. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 49 (1) ...

The federal government has announced a coordinated approach to reduce fraud, abuse and neglect of older adults, along with a ...

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, or MDHHS, is marking World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, Thursday by soliciting proposals to prevent vulnerable adult abuse. World ...

Elder abuse is often referred to as a silent problem: a problem that affects the dignity, security and safety of some American seniors every day. Elder abuse includes various forms of abuse such as ...

Reaffirming its Conclusions No. 39 (XXXVI), No. 47 (XXXVIII), No. 54 (XXXIX), No. 60 (XL), No. 64 (XLI), No. 68 (XLIII), No. 73 (XLIV), No.74 (XLVI), No. 79 (XLVII ...

Kansas' system for reporting abuse, neglect and exploitation is fragmented, an audit says, leading to uncertainty about the completeness of perpetrator registries. Different state agencies investigate ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...