scholarly journals The Elder Justice Coalition and Reauthorizing the Elder Justice Act

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 721-721
Author(s):  
Robert Blancato
Keyword(s):  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Elder Justice

Abstract The presentation and dialogue will focus on the elder justice advocacy community and their work to secure reauthorization of the Elder Justice Act, which was originally passed as part of the ACA. Both grassroots and DC-based efforts have been employed to move this and other legislation forward and to secure much needed funding for the programs designed to end elder abuse.

scholarly journals The Elder Justice Act and the Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 388-388
Author(s):  
Robert Blancato
Keyword(s):  
Long Term Care ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Elder Justice

Abstract This session will provide updates on how the pandemic led to horrific situations in long-term care facilities and how the pandemic influenced major federal efforts to address elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

scholarly journals Policy Series: The Elder Justice Act, Nursing Home Reform, and Funding Legislation

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 720-721
Author(s):  
Brian Lindberg
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Term Care Facility ◽  
Long Term Care Facility ◽  
Congressional Staff ◽  
Elder Justice

Abstract This session will provide updates on major federal efforts to address elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including strategies for prevention, intervention, services, and prosecution. Congress has been working on both reauthorizing the Elder Justice Act and policies to address poor long-term care facility quality issues, and this panel will provide an update on those efforts and what lies ahead in2021. The panel will include elder justice and nursing home advocates and congressional staff.

Elder Mistreatment and the Elder Justice Act

2012 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Falk ◽  
Judith Baigis ◽  
Catharine Kopac
Keyword(s):  
Health Professionals ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Elder Mistreatment ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Nurses Role ◽  
Advocacy Role ◽  
Elder Justice

Elder mistreatment is unrecognized, hidden, and underreported. Studies show that health professionals, nurses among them, are largely unaware of the various forms of elder mistreatment that take place and of the proper course of action to pursue when mistreatment is suspected. In this article, we describe elder mistreatment policies, examining them in the light of the United States’ national elder abuse policies with a focus on important provisions of the Elder Justice Act. Next, we review the various types of abuse, the identification of abuse, and the nurses’ role in addressing elder mistreatment. We present an example of a case of physical abuse and conclude by discussing nurses' advocacy role and issuing a call to action, challenging nurses to ‘act now’ to protect the well being of elders.

scholarly journals Prosecutors’ Perspectives on Elder Justice Using an Elder Abuse Forensic Center

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 780-795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marguerite DeLiema ◽  
Adria E. Navarro ◽  
Melyssa Moss ◽  
Kathleen H. Wilber
Keyword(s):  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Elder Justice ◽  
Forensic Center

scholarly journals COVID-19: How It Shaped Nursing Home Care and Elder Justice

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 388-388
Author(s):  
Brian Lindberg
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Nursing Home Care ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Facilities ◽  
Elder Justice

Abstract This session will provide updates on how the pandemic led to horrific situations in long-term care facilities and how the pandemic influenced major federal efforts to address elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

Malpractice & Negligence: Cal. Supreme Court Clarifies Negligence Provisions under State’s Elder Abuse Act

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-203
Author(s):  
Kendra Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Skilled Nursing Facility ◽  
Pressure Sores ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Nursing Facility ◽  
Skilled Nursing ◽  
The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of California held, in Delaney v. Baker, 82 Cal. Rptr. 2d 610 (1999), that the heightened remedies available under the Elder Abuse Act (Act), Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 15657,15657.2 (West 1998), apply to health care providers who engage in reckless neglect of an elder adult. The court interpreted two sections of the Act: (1) section 15657, which provides for enhanced remedies for reckless neglect; and (2) section 15657.2, which limits recovery for actions based on “professional negligence.” The court held that reckless neglect is distinct from professional negligence and therefore the restrictions on remedies against health care providers for professional negligence are inapplicable.Kay Delaney sued Meadowood, a skilled nursing facility (SNF), after a resident, her mother, died. Evidence at trial indicated that Rose Wallien, the decedent, was left lying in her own urine and feces for extended periods of time and had stage I11 and IV pressure sores on her ankles, feet, and buttocks at the time of her death.

Team Tackles Cases Of Elder Abuse

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (15) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
DOUG BRUNK
Keyword(s):  
Elder Abuse
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