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II.2 Seven Policy Priorities for an Enhanced Public Health Response to Elder Abuse--Marie-Therese Connolly and Ariel Trilling
Pages 59-66

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From page 59...
... and other front-line workers will also be critical to alleviate factors exacerbating abusive situations in the Chinese communities, and to prevent elder abuse recidivism. Conclusion Elder abuse is a pervasive public health issue, yet there are major gaps in understanding the cultural and social complexities with respect to elder abuse among the diverse Chinese population worldwide.
From page 60...
... . This paper, based on a discussion at the April 2013 IOM workshop, gives an overview of seven policy priorities to enhance the public health response to elder abuse.4 Develop Policy to Recognize Elder Abuse as a Public Health Issue One reason the response to elder abuse lags so far behind comparable issues is that it has not been recognized or treated as a public health issue requiring a public health response.
From page 61...
... To improve the response to elder abuse, it is critical that an adequate workforce is developed -- trained in how to identify, address, and prevent the problem, and interested in advancing knowledge about it. For these reasons and more, it is critical to recognize elder abuse as a serious public health issue and allocate resources to it accordingly.
From page 62...
... Who is the target audience for the message (e.g., older people, families, caregivers, policy makers, or geriatric or public health communities)
From page 63...
... Cost Given the massive cost of health care in this nation, research is needed to calculate the unnecessary economic burden elder abuse adds to it. The current knowledge indicates that elder abuse is a hugely expensive problem costing tens of billions of dollars annually: Victims are four times more likely than non-victims to be admitted to nursing homes (Lachs et al., 2007)
From page 64...
... the entities that provide or coordinate social support, including those in the aging network, caregiving field, care managers and planners, Alzheimer's and dementia policy makers and programs, faith-based organizations, and home- and community-based services. Second, APS workers and others charged with making decisions about when and how to intervene in the face of alleged elder abuse often have insufficient training or outdated tools to decide whether and when to seek expert capacity assessment of the person they are trying to help.
From page 65...
... Such offices are a low-cost, high-impact way to bring sustained attention, coordination, momentum, and more effective use of existing resources relating to elder abuse. Creation of offices and other infrastructure promoting ongoing, thoughtful policy attention to elder abuse was a central catalyst for the Elder Justice Act (EJA)
From page 66...
... The EJA-created Elder Justice Coordinating Council finally met for the first time in 2012 with participation of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder. The field is awaiting the results of that federal coordination.


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