elderadvocare

If you know or suspect someone who may be the target of elder abuse but you’re not sure where to turn for insight and information, you may want to turn your focus to the National Center for Victims of Crime.The organization is the nation’s leading resource and advocacy for crime victims and those who serve them. Started in 1985, the National Center has worked with criminal justice and other organizations throughout the country serving millions of victims of crime.The organization states their mission as forging a “national commitment to help victims of crime rebuild their lives” and they are “dedicated to serving individuals, families, and communities harmed by crime.”The organization focuses it efforts on victim services, public policy, civil justice, and (Read on …)

The National Center on Elder Abuse was established in 1988 and serves as a national resource that is dedicated to the prevention of elder mistreatment. It is a program that falls within the U.S. Administration on Aging with a mission to “ensure that older Americans will live with dignity, integrity, independence, and without abuse, neglect, and exploitation.”With that goal in mind, they have developed seven types of elder abuse which are broadly defined as follows (as applied to caregivers or any other person that causes serious harm or a serious risk of harm):

Physical Abuse: Use of force to threaten or physically injure a vulnerable elderEmotional Abuse: Verbal attacks, threats, rejection, isolation, or belittling acts that cause or could cause mental anguish, pain, or distress to a seniorSexual Abuse: Sexual contact that is forced, tricked, threatened, or otherwise coerced upon a vulnerable elder, including (Read on …)