5 Things Everyone Can Do to Prevent Elder Abuse
PDF | 2 MB
The Phone Scam: Who is Really Calling?
PDF | 215 KB
Elder Abuse Prevention: What College Students Should Know
PDF | 286 KB
Signs of Elder Abuse
PDF | 491 KB
Awareness and Prevention
Signs of Elder Abuse
English (PDF | 209 KB) | Spanish (PDF | 211 KB) | Chinese (PDF | 331 KB) | Korean (PDF | 286 KB)
The Facts About Elder Abuse
English (PDF | 253 KB) | Spanish (PDF | 156 KB) | Chinese (PDF | 249 KB) | Korean (PDF | 147 KB) | Tagalog (PDF | 129 KB) | Vietnamese (PDF | 267 KB) | Armenian (PDF | 202 KB) | Farsi (PDF | 759 KB)
5 Things Everyone Can Do to Prevent Elder Abuse
English (PDF | 2 MB) | Spanish (PDF | 2 MB) | Chinese (PDF | 2 MB) | Korean (PDF | 2 MB) | Tagalog (PDF | 2 MB) | Vietnamese (PDF | 2 MB) | Armenian (PDF | 2 MB) | Farsi (PDF | 351 KB)
Aging Network’s Role in Identifying Malnutrition and Abuse
Looking for Love? Avoid the Sweetheart Scam
The Phone Scam: Who is Really Calling?
English (PDF | 215 KB) | Spanish (PDF | 228 KB)
Elder Abuse Prevention: What College Students Should Know
Caregiving
If You Care for Someone with Dementia…You are Their Advocate!
- Issue Brief: Adult Protective Services and Multidisciplinary Partnerships (PDF | 490 KB)
- Adult Protective Services, What You Must Know
- Adult Protective Services Example Flow Chart (PDF | 65 KB)
- APS wouldn’t take my report. Why?
- Brief (PDF | 608 KB)
- Fact Sheet (PDF | 424 KB)
- Chinese (PDF | 676 KB) | Spanish (PDF | 434 KB)
- Mandated Reporting of Abuse of Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities
- Brief (PDF | 273 KB)
- Full Report (PDF | 1 MB)
- PowerPoint Slides (PPTX | 5 MB)
- Social Services for Elders in Indian Country (PDF | 501 KB)
- Understanding and Working with Adult Protective Services Part I: Overview of APS Programs (PDF | 250 KB)
- Understanding and Working with Adult Protective Services Part II: The Reporting and Investigation of Alleged Abuse (PDF | 277 KB)
- Understanding and Working with Adult Protective Services Part III: Intervention Collaboration (PDF | 220 KB)
- Mandated Reporting of Abuse of Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities
- Brief (PDF | 273 KB)
- Full Report (PDF | 1 MB)
- PowerPoint Slides (PPTX | 5 MB)
- Research Brief: Mistreatment of Adults with Disabilities (2022) (PDF | 427 KB)
- Research Translation: A Systematic Review: Risk and Protective Factors of Elder Abuse for Community-Dwelling Racial Minorities (2023) (PDF | 403 KB)
- A Spotlight on Two Spirit Elders and Elder Justice Facts (PDF | 453 KB)
- Elder Mistreatment Interventions and Resources in AANHPI Communities
- English (PDF | 271 KB) | Chinese (PDF | 389 KB) | Korean (PDF | 283 KB) | Vietnamese (PDF | 264 KB)
- Legal Issues in Indian Country (PDF | 477 KB)
- LGBT Older People Built the LGBT Community (PDF | 335 KB)
- LGBT Older People: Our Right to a Peaceful Life (PDF | 348 KB)
- LGBTQ+ Inclusive Intake + Engagement for Elder Justice Professionals (PDF | 306 KB)
- Looking for Love
- Paying it Back: Promoting Justice for LGBT Communities of All Ages (PDF | 428 KB)
- Policies & Legislation Impacting Elder Programs in Indian Country (PDF | 346 KB)
- Research Brief: Mistreatment of African American Elders (2020) (PDF | 219 KB)
- Research Brief: Mistreatment of Asian Pacific Islander (AAPI) Elders (2021) (PDF | 398 KB)
- Research Brief: Mistreatment of Chinese Elders (2021) (PDF | 213 KB)
- Research Brief: Mistreatment of Korean Elders (2021) (PDF | 906 KB)
- Research Brief: Mistreatment of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Elders (2020) (PDF | 504 KB)
- Research Brief: Mistreatment of Latinx Older Adults (2020) (PDF | 488 KB)
- Social Services for Elders in Indian Country (PDF | 477 KB)
- Understanding Elder Mistreatment in Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities (PDF | 349 KB)
- Where Faith and Safety Meet Faith Communities Respond to Elder Abuse (NCEA, Safe Havens, and NCALL) (PDF | 485 KB)
- How Faith Leaders Can Support Congregants Who Experience Abuse (PDF | 424 KB)
- Bringing Together Faith and Safety for Older Adults English (PDF | 233 KB) | Spanish (PDF | 173 KB)
- Faith Communities and Multidisciplinary Teams (PDF | 366 KB)
- If You Care for Someone with Dementia…You are Their Advocate! (PDF | 377 KB)
- Research Brief: Decision-Making Ability and Risk of Elder Mistreatment (2017) (PDF | 147 KB)
- Research Brief: Mistreatment of People with Dementia (2023) (PDF | 590 KB)
- Six Ways to Care for Yourself When Caring for Someone with Dementia
- Archstone Fotonovela
- Consumer Fact Sheet: Financial Exploitation in Assisted Living Facilities
- Consumer Fact Sheet: Financial Exploitation in Nursing Homes
- Home is Where the Heart is Checklist: Tips on Long-Distance Caregiving (PDF | 228 KB)
- If You Care for Someone with Dementia…You are Their Advocate! (PDF | 377 KB)
- Protecting Your Loved One in Assisted Living Facilities: Financial Exploitation
- Protecting Your Loved One in Nursing Homes: Financial Exploitation
- Six Ways to Care for Yourself When Caring for Someone with Dementia
- Tips and Tools for Providing Culturally Competent and Responsive Care to Older People who Experience Abuse (PDF | 302 KB)
- Tips and Tools for Safe and Supportive Caregiving (PDF | 293 KB)
- Collaborating in Guardianship Reform & Addressing Abuse Through WINGS (PDF | 359 KB)
- Decision-Making Options That Are Less Restrictive Than Guardianship (PDF | 211 KB)
- Guardianship: Remedy vs. Enabler of Elder Abuse (PDF | 268 KB)
- How the COVID-19 Pandemic Changed Adult Guardianship: Lessons Learned (PDF | 142 KB)
- Issue Brief: Anatomy of a Guardianship: Case Study and Red Flags for Abuse (2023) (PDF | 556 KB)
- New Uniform Act Boosts Guardianship Reform (PDF | 153 KB)
- Role of Guardian Standards in Addressing Elder Abuse (PDF | 218 KB)
- Ten Ways That a Model State Law Could Help to Reduce Guardianship Abuse (PDF | 223 KB)
- What if Your Guardian is Not Doing What They Should? (PDF | 201 KB)
- NEW Research Translation: Primary Care-Based Interventions Addressing Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older People: A Scoping Review (2024) (PDF | 296 KB)
- NEW What Health Care Students Need to Know About Elder Abuse Infographic (PDF | 255 KB)
- NEW What Dental Students Need to Know About Elder Abuse Infographic (PDF | 266 KB)
- NEW What Clinical Psychology Students Need to Know About Elder Abuse Infographic (PDF | 273 KB)
- Aging Network’s Role in Identifying Malnutrition and Abuse
- Fact Sheet (PDF | 218 KB)
- Research Brief (PDF | 255 KB)
- Elder Abuse Screening Tools for Healthcare Professionals (PDF | 216 KB)
- How Hospice Can Be a Force for Justice for Older People (PDF | 261 KB)
- Minimizing the Risk of Opioid-Related Elder Abuse (PDF | 180 KB)
- Research Translation: Identifying Patterns of Health Care Utilization Among Physical Elder Abuse Victims Using Medicare Data (2021) (PDF | 215 KB)
- Research Translation: Is There a Relationship Between Elder Abuse and the Opioid Epidemic? (2022) (PDF | 246 KB)
- Research Translation: Which Chronic Diseases in Older Adults Increase the Risk of Elder Mistreatment and Why? (2021) (PDF | 221 KB)
- Research Translation: What are the Characteristics in Older Adults that Increase the Likelihood that Their Fractures are
- Related to Abuse? (2021) (PDF | 230 KB)
- NEW College Students Q&A on Ageism (PDF | 241 KB)
- NEW Conceptualizing Person-Centered Care in Elder Mistreatment Intervention: Use of Well-Being Framework (PDF | 620 KB)
- NEW Elder Abuse Multidisciplinary Teams: Decision Supports for Older Adults (PDF | 344 KB)
- NEW Faith Communities and Multidisciplinary Teams (PDF | 366 KB)
- NEW Reframing Elder Abuse and Multidisciplinary Teams (PDF | 397 KB)
- NEW Issue Brief: Adult Protective Services and Multidisciplinary Partnerships (2023) (PDF | 490 KB)
- Elder Mistreatment Interventions and Resources in AANHPI Communities
- English (PDF | 271 KB) | Chinese (PDF | 389 KB) | Korean (PDF | 283 KB) | Vietnamese (PDF | 264 KB)
- Issue Brief: Anatomy of a Guardianship: Case Study and Red Flags for Abuse (2023) (PDF | 556 KB)
- Issue Brief: Multidisciplinary Teams (2023) (PDF | 619 KB)
- Research Brief: Intervention in Elder Mistreatment (2023) (PDF | 484 KB)
- Tips and Tools for Person-Centered Care in Elder Abuse (PDF | 238 KB)
- Collaborating in Guardianship Reform & Addressing Abuse Through WINGS (PDF | 359 KB)
- Legal Issues in Indian Country (PDF | 477 KB)
- Mandated Reporting of Abuse of Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities
- Brief (PDF | 273 KB)
- Full Report (PDF | 1 MB)
- PowerPoint Slides (PPTX | 5 MB)
- New Uniform Act Boosts Guardianship Reform (PDF | 153 KB)
- Role of Guardian Standards in Addressing Elder Abuse (PDF | 218 KB)
Ten Ways That a Model State Law Could Help to Reduce Guardianship Abuse (PDF | 223 KB)
- NEW Consumer Fact Sheet: Addressing Concerns About Retaliation (PDF | 296 KB)
- NEW Consumer Fact Sheet: The Value of Being Heard: Loneliness and Social Isolation in Long-Term Care (PDF | 451 KB)
- Consumer Fact Sheet: Financial Exploitation in Assisted Living Facilities
- Consumer Fact Sheet: Financial Exploitation in Nursing Homes
- How Hospice Can Be a Force for Justice for Older People (PDF | 261 KB)
- Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program What You Must Know (PDF | 171 KB)
- Long-Term Care Residents’ Rights and Remedies (PDF | 192 KB)
- Misuse of Antipsychotics: Information About Inappropriate Drug Use for Long-Term Care Consumers: Interpretive Guidelines
- Issue Sheet (PDF | 192 KB)
- Postcard (PDF | 115 KB)
- Nursing Home Neglect: Preventing It and Getting Help (PDF | 182 KB)
- Protecting Your Loved One in Assisted Living Facilities: Financial Exploitation
- Protecting Your Loved One in Nursing Homes: Financial Exploitation
- Resident Mistreatment in Long-Term Care (PDF | 816 KB)
- Research Brief: Elder Mistreatment in Long-Term Care (2022) (PDF | 798 KB)
- Research Brief: Resident-to-Resident Aggression in Long-Term Care Settings (2015) (PDF | 483 KB)
- Research Translation: Comparing CMS Standard Surveys and Complaint Investigations (2022) (PDF | 272 KB)
- Research to Practice: Resident-to-Resident Aggression in Long-Term Care Settings (2015) (PDF | 175 KB)
- Sexual Abuse in Nursing Homes: What You Need to Know (PDF | 342 KB)
- Sexual Abuse in Nursing Homes (PDF | 281 KB)
- Surveillance Cameras in Nursing Home Residents’ Rooms (PDF | 265 KB)
- Taking Care of You- Tips for Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities (PDF | 170 KB)
- Field FAQS: Mandated Reporting of Elder and Vulnerable Adult Abuse (PDF | 241 KB)
- NEW How Faith Leaders Can Support Congregants Who Experience Abuse (PDF | 424 KB)
- NEW Signs of Elder Abuse (2024)
- NEW Elder Abuse Prevention: What College Students Should Know
- Infographic (PDF | 293 KB)
- Fact Sheet (PDF | 297 KB)
- NEW What Health Care Students Need to Know About Elder Abuse Infographic (PDF | 255 KB)
- NEW What Dental Students Need to Know About Elder Abuse Infographic (PDF | 266 KB)
- NEW What Social Work Students Need to Know About Elder Abuse Infographic (PDF | 263 KB)
- NEW What Clinical Psychology Students Need to Know About Elder Abuse Infographic (PDF | 273 KB)
- 5 Things Anyone Can Do to Prevent Elder Abuse
- 12 Things Everyone Can Do to Prevent Elder Abuse
- Bringing Together Faith and Safety for Older Adults
- Looking for Love
- Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program What You Must Know (PDF | 171 KB)
- Research Translation: Addressing the Psychological Impact of Elder Mistreatment Through a Community-Based Training and Treatment Intervention (2022) (PDF | 293 KB)
- The Facts of Elder Abuse
- The Phone Scam: Who is Really Calling?
- Tips and Tools to Reframe the Conversation on Aging and Elder Abuse (PDF | 236 KB)
- Elder Justice Policy Highlights March 2024 – August 2024 (PDF | 441 KB)
- Elder Justice Policy Highlights September 2023 – February 2024 (PDF | 373 KB)
- Elder Justice Policy Highlights March 2023 – August 2023 (PDF | 368 KB)
- Elder Justice Policy Highlights September 2022 – February 2023 (PDF | 364 KB)
- Elder Justice Policy Highlights March 2022 – August 2022 (PDF | 903 KB)
- Policies & Legislation Impacting Elder Programs in Indian Country (PDF | 346 KB)
ANNUAL COMPILATIONS
- Elder Abuse Annual Research Compilation: September 2023 to August 2024 (PDF | 333 KB)
- Elder Abuse Annual Research Compilation: September 2022 to August 2023 (PDF | 350 KB)
- Elder Abuse Annual Research Compilation: September 2021 to August 2022 (PDF | 297 KB)
- Elder Abuse Annual Research Compilation: September 2020 to August 2021 (PDF | 325 KB)
- Elder Abuse Annual Research Compilation: September 2019 to August 2020 (PDF | 183 KB)
BRIEF SUMMARIES
- NEW Research Brief: Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Elder Maltreatment (2024) (PDF | 491 KB)
Aging Network’s Role in Identifying Malnutrition and Abuse- Fact Sheet (PDF | 218 KB)
- Research Brief (2021) (PDF | 255 KB)
- Research Brief: Ageism (2021) (PDF | 282 KB)
- Research Brief: Decision-Making Ability and Risk of Elder Mistreatment (2017) (PDF | 147 KB)
- Research Brief: Elder Mistreatment in Long-Term Care (2022) (PDF | 798 KB)
- Research Brief: Intervention in Elder Mistreatment (2023) (PDF | 484 KB)
- Research Brief: Mistreatment of Adults with Disabilities (2022) (PDF | 427 KB)
- Research Brief: Mistreatment of Asian Pacific Islander (AAPI) Elders (2021) (PDF | 398 KB)
- Research Brief: Mistreatment of Chinese Elders (2021) (PDF | 213 KB)
- Research Brief: Mistreatment of Korean Elders (2021) (PDF | 906 KB)
- Research Brief: Mistreatment of African American Elders (2020) (PDF | 219 KB)
- Research Brief: Mistreatment of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Elders (2020) (PDF | 504 KB)
- Research Brief: Mistreatment of Latinx Older Adults (2020) (PDF | 488 KB)
- Research Brief: Mistreatment of People with Dementia (2023) (PDF | 590 KB)
- Research Brief: Resident-to-Resident Aggression in Long-Term Care Settings (2015) (PDF | 175 KB)
TRANSLATIONS FOR PRACTITIONERS
- NEW Conceptualizing Person-Centered Care in Elder Mistreatment Intervention: Use of Well-Being Framework (PDF | 620 KB)
- NEW Research Translation: Primary Care-Based Interventions Addressing Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older People: A Scoping Review (2024) (PDF | 296 KB)
- NEW Research Translation: A Systematic Review: Risk and Protective Factors of Elder Abuse for Community-Dwelling Racial Minorities (2023) (PDF | 403 KB)
- NEW Research Translation: Adverse Health Correlates of Intimate Partner Violence Against Older Women (2023) (PDF | 341 KB)
- Research Translation: Addressing the Psychological Impact of Elder Mistreatment Through a Community-Based Training and Treatment Intervention (2022) (PDF | 293 KB)
- Research Translation: Are Adverse Childhood Experiences Associated With Greater Risk of Elder Abuse Victimization? (2023) (PDF | 390 KB)
- Research Translation: Comparing CMS Standard Surveys and Complaint Investigations (2022) (PDF | 272 KB)
- Research Translation: Cumulative Contexts of Vulnerability to Intimate Partner Violence Among Women With Disabilities, Elderly Women, and Immigrant Women (2022) (PDF | 275 KB)
- Research Translation: Identifying Patterns of Health Care Utilization Among Physical Elder Abuse Victims Using Medicare Data (2021) (PDF | 215 KB)
- Research Translation: Is There a Relationship Between Elder Abuse and the Opioid Epidemic? (2022) (PDF | 246 KB)
- Research Translation: Medical and Social Factors Associated with Referral for Elder Abuse Services in a National Health Care System (2023) (PDF | 266 KB)
- Research Translation: Perceived Social Support and Help-Seeking Among U.S. Chinese Older Adults Who Reported Elder Mistreatment (2022) (PDF | 278 KB)
- Research Translation: Which Chronic Diseases in Older Adults Increase the Risk of Elder Mistreatment and Why? (2021) (PDF | 221 KB)
- Research Translation: What are the Characteristics in Older Adults that Increase the Likelihood that Their Fractures are Related to Abuse? (2021) (PDF | 230 KB)
- Research to Practice: Resident-to-Resident Aggression in Long-Term Care Settings (2015) (PDF | 175 KB)
- Research to Practice Translation: Bruising in Older Adults (2014) (PDF | 337 KB)
- Tips and Tools for Providing Culturally Competent and Responsive Care to Older People who Experience Abuse (PDF | 302 KB)
- Tips and Tools for Safe and Supportive Caregiving (PDF | 293 KB)
- Tips and Tools for Person-Centered Care in Elder Abuse (PDF | 238 KB)
- Tips and Tools for Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed Care of Older People at the Intersection of Trauma, Aging, and Abuse (PDF | 328 KB)
- Tips and Tools to Reframe the Conversation on Aging and Elder Abuse (PDF | 236 KB)
OVERVIEW/GENERAL
- NEW Signs of Elder Abuse (2024)
- NEW Signs of Elder Abuse (2024) (PDF | 209 KB)
- Bringing Together Faith and Safety for Older Adults
- Signs of Elder Abuse
- The Facts of Elder Abuse
EMOTIONAL / PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE
- Emotional Abuse
FINANCIAL ABUSE/EXPLOITATION
- Consumer Fact Sheet: Financial Exploitation in Assisted Living Facilities
- Consumer Fact Sheet: Financial Exploitation in Nursing Homes
- Financial Exploitation Guidelines for Professionals (PDF | 4 MB)
- Identifying Financial Exploitation
- Looking for Love
- Planning to Protect Yourself from Financial Exploitation!
- Protecting Your Loved One in Assisted Living Facilities: Financial Exploitation
- Protecting Your Loved One in Nursing Homes: Financial Exploitation
- The Phone Scam: Who is Really Calling?
NEGLECT
- Suspect Neglect of an Older Adult?: What to Do (PDF | 1 MB)
- Neglect
- Nursing Home Neglect: Preventing It and Getting Help (PDF | 182 KB)
PHYSICAL ABUSE
- Research Translation: Identifying Patterns of Health Care Utilization Among Physical Elder Abuse Victims Using Medicare Data (2021) (PDF | 215 KB)
- Research to Practice Translation: Bruising in Older Adults (2014) (PDF | 337 KB)
- Research Translation: What are the Characteristics in Older Adults that Increase the Likelihood that Their Fractures are Related to Abuse? (2021) (PDF | 230 KB)
SEXUAL ABUSE
- Sexual Abuse in Nursing Homes: What You Need to Know (PDF | 342 KB)
- Sexual Abuse in Nursing Homes (PDF | 281 KB)