OVERVIEW

Elder Mistreatment: Prevention of Abuse and Neglect is organized by American Society on Aging (ASA) and will be held from Aug 26 – Sep 27, 2019. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 10 CE Credits.

Elder Mistreatment: Prevention of Abuse and Neglect - Elder mistreatment prevention is not restricted to just stopping abuse and neglect before they occur, but also encompasses bringing abuse to an end once it has begun, preventing abuse from recurring in older adults who have already been victimized, and minimizing the damage of abuse when the cycle of abuse can’t be prevented. In this five-week course, USC faculty members will introduce participants to what is known about primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention within the field of elder mistreatment, teaching some options and remedies for protecting existing victims of elder mistreatment and those who have not yet been mistreated.

Schedule for Elder Mistreatment: Prevention of Abuse and Neglect

Week 1
Elder Abuse Prevention Overview

Week 2
Primary Prevention: What We Can Borrow from Other Fields

Week 3
Secondary Prevention: Stopping Abuse

Week 4
Secondary Prevention: Improving Well-Being Immediately Following Abuse

Week 5
Tertiary Prevention: When We Can’t Stop the Abuse

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.