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Elder Abuse: Research, Practice, and
Health Policy The 2012 GSA Maxwell Pollack Award Lecture by Xinqi Dong, MD, MPH, The Gerontologist, 3/14/14 This article discusses two federal laws dealing with elder abuse, the Older Americans Act and the Elder Justice Act as well as the need for major research to develop strategies to detect, treat and prevent elder abuse, particularly given the increasing diversity of the aging population. |
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Statutes to Combat Elder Abuse in Nursing Homes; The Nursing Home
Reform Act and the Elder Justice Act were enacted to address abuse of elderly patients in nursing homes
Richard Weinmeyer, JD, MPhil,
This article provides an overview of federal laws and regulation
designed to eliminate elder abuse in nursing homes. |
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Elder Abuse and Its Prevention: Workshop
Summary![]() Rachel M. Taylor, Rapporteur; Forum on Global Violence Prevention; Board on Global Health; Institute of Medicine; National Research Council This workshop was organized to shed light on this underappreciated and often overlooked form of violence, elder abuse. |
The Human Family Research Center
Elder Abuse