ARCHSTONE FOUNDATION ELDER ABUSE & NEGLECT INITIATIVE PROGRAM

Program Description

"Currently, it is estimated that approximately two million older adults, representing five percent of Americans age 65 and older, are subject to abuse and neglect each year at the hands of the very people they depend on for care. As our society ages, it is expected that these numbers will increase, unless a stand is taken against this terrible epidemic of abuse against older adults. The time has come for every agency, organization, and foundation to pay attention to this critical issue."
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The Archstone Foundation Elder Abuse & Neglect Initiative Program:

-Trains, educates and increase awareness of mandated reporters of elder abuse
(examples of mandated reporters include: physicians, surgeons, residents and interns, nurses, nursing home administrators, nurse's aides, orderlies, patient advocates, medical examiners, dentists, osteopaths, optometrists, chiropractors, podiatrists, psychologists and social workers, clergy, police officers, pharmacists, physical therapists.)

-Develops and improve multidisciplinary teams made up of representatives from the medical, psychosocial, and legal fields to address elder abuse and neglect.

-Expands forensic centers and delivery of coordinated services to victims of elder abuse.

-Protects vulnerable older adults from financial abuse.

-Improves and provides legal protections of abused seniors.

-Improves Adult Protective Services systems.

-Protects seniors in unlicensed long-term care facilities by supporting ombudsman services.

-Works with the University of California, Irvine's Center of Excellence in Elder Abuse and Neglect to advance the field of elder abuse prevention and protection locally, statewide and nationally
source: archstone.org

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