Topic Resources

ELDER MISTREATMENT AND ABUSE

Patient and Family resources

American Geriatrics Society: Aging in the Know. Offers up to date information for consumers on health and aging.
Home page: http://www.healthinaging.org/agingintheknow/
Elder mistreatment information: http://www.healthinaging.org/agingintheknow/
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The National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA): Funded by the U.S. Administration on Aging. A resource on abuse, neglect and exploitation.
Home page: http://www.elderabusecenter.org/default.cfm Retrieved August 16, 2005 from the NCEA Web site:
Help for elders and families: http://www.elderabusecenter.org/default.cfm?p=worried.cfm
Frequently asked questions: http://www.elderabusecenter.org/default.cfm?p=faqs.cfm Where to report abuse: http://www.elderabusecenter.org/default.cfm?p=wheretoreportabuse.cfm
State elder abuse hotlines: http://www.elderabusecenter.org/default.cfm?p=statehotlines.cfm Nursing home abuse:
http://www.elderabusecenter.org/default.cfm?p=nursinghomeabuse.cfm
Caregiver help: http://www.elderabusecenter.org/default.cfm?p=caregiverhelp.cfm
Adult Protective Services (APS): http://www.elderabusecenter.org/default.cfm?p=aps.cfm

Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Home Page: http://www.cdc.gov/

www.ElderAbuseNeglect.info

National Citizen’s Coalition for Nursing Home Reform: http://www.nccnhr.org/default.cfm

National Institutes of Health: Health Information: http://health.nih.gov/
Age Page: Crime and older people. Retrieved August 16, 2005: http://www.niapublications.org/engagepages/crime.asp

National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center: http://www.ltcombudsman.org/static_pages/help.cfm

Elder Abuse information:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/elderabuse.html
Zwicker, D. (January 28, 2005). Elder abuse and mistreatment. Retrieved January 19, 2006 from http://www.miahonline.org/resources/nursesnotes/
articles/01_28_05.elder_abuse.html

Practicing Physician Education in Geriatrics http://www.gericareonline.net/

The National Center on Elder Abuse at The American Public Human Services Association in Collaboration with Westat, Inc. (1998). The National Elder Abuse Incidence Study. Prepared for The Administration for Children and Families and The Administration on Aging in The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Final report: http://www.aoa.gov/eldfam/Elder_Rights/
Elder_Abuse/ABuseReport_Full.pdf

U.S. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health: Medline Plus Links to multiple governmental, private, and professional web sites: Home page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
Elder abuse information: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/elderabuse.html

United States Department of Health and Human Services: Home Page: http://www.hhs.gov/

List Servs - addresses

American Society of Adult Abuse Professionals and Survivors (ASAAPS): Three public listservs for elders or adults with disabilities who have been abused, neglected, exploited, or self-neglected, their family members and friends, and the advocates and professionals who serve them. Sign up at: http://www.ASAAPS.org/aboutus/listserves_sub.php

National Center for Elder Abuse: http://www.elderabusecenter.org/default.cfm?p=listserve.cfm

Last updated - May 2006