Bruising in Older Adults--Accidental vs. Inflicted   One-page Summary of Findings--Bruising Research (pdf)   Downloadable with Adobe Reader software www.centeronelderabuse.org/files/BruisingBulletPoints.English.pdf AVAILABLE IN OTHER LANGUAGES: Japanese  www.centeronelderabuse.org/files/BruisingBulletPoints.Japanese.pdf Russian  www.centeronelderabuse.org/files/BruisingBulletPoints.Russian.pdf Spanish  www.centeronelderabuse.org/files/BruisingBulletPoints.Spanish.pdf Tagalog  www.centeronelderabuse.org/files/BruisingBulletPoints.Tagalog.pdf Vietnamese  www.centeronelderabuse.org/files/BruisingBulletPoints.Vietnamese.pdf For the video from the 2009 National Institute of Justice Conference session Aileen Wiglesworth, Ph.D., and Detective Cherie Hill on Research in Action: An Elder Abuse Study Impacts How Law Enforcement Work Their Cases (10:59), visit http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/events/nij_conference/2009/welcome.htm and click on the fifth link in the blue bar menu on the right side of the page.   For more information on our research, see the Research section    WITNESS and the National Council on Aging (NCOA) have teamed up to launch a new campaign aimed at exposing the issue of elder abuse and urging the U.S. Congress to pass the Elder Justice Act.  The campaign video, An Age for Justice: Confronting Elder Abuse in the U.S., shares the stories of victims of different types of elder abuse and highlights the consequences to victims, their families, and the nation as a whole.  The Elder Justice Now! campaign website offers a mechanism to Share Your Story by uploading a video or leaving a comment; displays videos portraying the experiences of advocates, victims and others affected by elder abuse; and includes a sign-up feature for their newsletter to help you take action and stay informed.        WITNESS http://hub.witness.org/      National Council on Aging   http://ncoa.org/    Elder Justice Now! campaign   http://elderjusticenow.org    Elder Abuse Legislation Elder Abuse is one of the topics being considered by the Senate as part of the Health Care Reform Bill.  The Elder Justice Act (S.795) and the Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act, the criminal background check language, (S.631) are both in the bill.  Read the recent L.A. Times news article http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-elder-abuse23-2009nov23,0,2818119.story Learn more about federal legislation addressing elder abuse at www.elderjusticecoalition.com     Elder PEACE

Dedicated to Elder Abuse Prevention, Education, Advocacy, Collaboration   The voices of elder abuse victims are often hushed by isolation, fear and shame.  Our citizens’ action group, Elder PEACE, is channeling the voices of those who have been personally affected by elder abuse.  Victims, their families and others are working together to advocate for legislation that increases the health and safety of vulnerable seniors.

Visit the Advocacy page for information on elder abuse legislation.

CREATING AN ELDER ABUSE FORENSIC CENTER

Recognizing the disconnections between the many disciplines that address elder abuse, the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Program in Geriatrics and agencies from social services and the criminal justice system piloted a groundbreaking approach to this problem: the nation’s first Elder Abuse Forensic Center (EAFC) in 2003.  Since then, we have been approached by other communities interested in starting their own Elder Abuse Forensic Centers and assisted in the creation of two new EAFCs.

Based on these experiences, the Center of Excellence in Elder Abuse and Neglect has created a Manual and 20-minute companion DVD to provide any agency that hopes to develop an Elder Abuse Forensic Center (EAFC) with the preliminary structure and ideas that have proven useful to those who have already embarked on this endeavor.  Download the Creating an EAFC flyer (pdf) for more information.

View sample forms from the Appendices (pdf).

ELDER ABUSE BYTES

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FEATURED TRAINING RESOURCE

Elder abuse lectures on UCTV
Two 30-minute lectures on Elder Abuse by Laura Mosqueda, M.D., Director of Geriatrics and Professor of Family Medicine at the University of California, Irvine are featured as part of the Coming of Age Lecture Series produced by UCTV.   You can view them by video-on-demand at www.uctv.tv and www.YouTube.com, locally on cable television throughout California, and nationally on Dish network.

Forensic Markers of Elder Abuse  This program details the forensic signs of elder abuse. Dr. Mosqueda’s presentation is essential viewing by anyone who treats this vulnerable population.
Elder Abuse  This lecture addresses the lay public, describes the nature and scope of elder abuse, explaining some of the vulnerabilities to mistreatment and posing some ethical questions to ponder.

Access the online videos:
http://www.uctv.tv/series/index.asp?show=show&seriesnumber=500 .  For additional information on ways to view the lectures, click “where to watch uctv” on the left side menu.  These lectures can also be viewed at www.YouTube.com (type "Elder Abuse" into the search box). 

These lectures may be used by others in the field as long as they are not altered and UC Irvine Center of Excellence in Elder Abuse & Neglect (or UC Irvine Program in Geriatrics) is given attribution.

The next World Elder Abuse Awareness Day takes place Tuesday, June 15, 2010. 
For information, including a toolkit for raising awareness of elder abuse in your community, visit the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) website, www.inpea.net

NEWS

"Congress Targets Senior Abuse"

Rick Schmitt, Kaiser Health News in collaboration with the Los Angeles Time, Nov. 23, 2009

http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2009/November/23/elder-abuse.aspx

“Domestic abuse among elders remains a hidden problem” podcast (8min, 5 sec)

by Elizabeth Stawicki, Minnesota Public Radio, July 7, 2009

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/07/02/later_life_abuse/

"As California Budget Shrinks, Services for Elderly Slip" podcast (4 min, 7 sec)

Tara Siler, Morning Edition, June 3, 2009

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104849886

"Elder Advocates Fear More Budget Cuts" podcast (4 min, 38 sec)

Tara Siler, The California Report, May 29, 2009

http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R905290850/a

"HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS"

An article on what to look for during your annual visit to elderly relatives by Mary Twomey, MSW

http://www.centeronelderabuse.org/files/HomefortheHolidays08.doc

“Few doctors report abuse of elderly patients” 

by Tracy Breton in The Providence Journal, August 11, 2008

http://www.projo.com/news/content/PHYSICIAN_REPORTING_ELDERLY_08-10-08_S8B4NFJ_v39.3cd00b6.html#

“Abuse of elders cries out for more attention” 

by Jane Glenn Haas in the Life column of the Orange County REGISTER, February 25, 2008 http://www.ocregister.com/life/elder-abuse-old-1986231-services-says<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-