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Staying Connected During COVID-19
Social Distancing, Self-Isolation, Quarantine, all good ideas to flatten the curve of the Corona virus. But if you are already a socially isolated older adult, already susceptible to fraud or abuse, we need you to be extra vigilant right now. There may be individuals who use this uncertain time as a means to defraud and frighten.
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Causes and Consequences of Perceived Financial Exploitation in Older Adults
Annie Nguyen, PhD shares several posters and presentations from the annual American Public Health Association Conference.
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Doctor Radio interview: Healthy Aging series “Elder Abuse, Caregivers, and Antibiotics”
Laura Mosqueda, MD, Dean, Keck School of Medicine of USC was interviewed by Doctor Radio to talk about Elder Abuse, Caregivers, and Antibiotics issues. *Please note login as a guest to listen to this exclusive interview.
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A patient’s perspective on elder abuse scams
Jo Marie Reilly, MD, MPH contributed to a coordinated piece for AAFP titled, "Protecting Patients from Elder Abuse Scams" featured in the Close-ups: A Patient's Perspective.
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Cognitive decline and social isolation common reasons for elderly financial abuse
On November 20, Duke Han, PhD and Deputy Director of the NCEA Julie Schoen were interviewed by the Alzheimer's Prevention Bulletin about the research related to why older adults are more vulnerable to financial abuse.
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New article evaluates elder abuse intervention programs
Read the new article reports the findings of a multi-method, cross-site comparison of four California Forensic Centers.
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Study: Financial abuse of older adults by family members more common than scams by strangers
Read our new Important Findings from the NCEA Resource Line blog!
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Special Thanks to Judith D. Tamkin
We are sincerely appreciative to Judith D. Tamkin for her gift to help establish the USC Center on Elder Mistreatment’s website. Her deep and personal commitment to eradicating elder abuse is helping to reshape our understanding of elder abuse and ultimately save innumerable older adults from abuse and neglect.
