The Elder Justice Act and the Pandemic

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.

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

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.

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

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 Justice and Nursing Home Reforms 2020

The presentation will provide perspective on the current state of care quality in long-term care facilities and the legislative discussions and actions of the 116th Congress.

The Elder Justice Coalition and Reauthorizing the Elder Justice Act

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.