Create, lead or join a collaborative effort to address abuse in later life. Some specific examples of collaboration can include:

• Multidisciplinary Teams (MDTs) or Interdisciplinary Case Review Teams (I-Team) – MDTs or I-Teams utilize the varied backgrounds and expertise of team members to improve responses to individual cases of abuse, to explore the best options and remedies for a case and to coordinate service delivery.
• Coordinated Community Response Teams (CCR) – CCR teams focus on improving the policies, procedures and practices of various agencies to address elder abuse while working to create a seamless response to older survivors.
• Elder Abuse Fatality Review Teams (EA-FRT) – EA-FRTs conduct cross-disciplinary examinations of the causal and contributing factors in an older victim’s death to improve future services to other victims so that they receive appropriate interventions before a fatality occurs.
• Elder Abuse Forensic Centers – Team members work collaborative to review cases of elder abuse and to create action plans. Participants generally include health care providers, adult protective services workers, justice professionals, aging services staff, advocates and others.
• Financial Abuse Specialist Teams (FAST) – FAST teams focus on suspected cases of financial exploitation by bringing together justice professionals, adult protective services workers, aging services staff, and persons who work in financial institutions. Some teams also provide continuing education, community education, and public awareness on financial abuse.
• Sexual Assault Response Teams (SART) – SARTs offer specialized sexual assault intervention services to victims. A SART may also work on increased the reporting of sexual assault and increased convictions.

For more information and resources for professionals working with older survivors and abuse in later life cases, please visit our For Professionals page.

Your contribution will support NCALL’s work: 

• promoting victim-defined advocacy and services for older survivors by providing information and resources on equitable and accessible programs, safety planning, outreach, and mandatory reporting.
• fostering coordinated community response (CCR) teams by offering training and technical assistance on building or enhancing CCR teams to address the needs of older adults.
• advocating for elder justice by providing information on legal remedies and resources to enhance victim safety and to hold offenders accountable.
• raising awareness of abuse in later life and elder abuse by creating effective outreach materials and heightening the visibility of older survivors and their needs.
• engaging in policy development by working on a range of issues that affect survivors of abuse in later life; and
• partnering with organizations that address domestic violence, sexual assault, abuse in later life, and elder abuse to promote respect and dignity across the lifespan and to confront ageist social norms.

Please donate today.

[Note: you will be directed to End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin’s website.  Please indicate that you wish to have your contribution directed toward NCALL in the comments field of the donation form.]

Bring NCALL Trainers to Your Community

Educate older adults, family members and professionals by providing training or organizing conferences and other events bringing in NCALL or other national speakers. NCALL trainers offer interactive training on a variety of topics including but not limited to:

• elder abuse
• domestic violence in later life
• sexual abuse in later life
• mandatory reporting
• creating and enhancing services for older victims
• safety planning and
• collaboration and coordinated community response efforts to address abuse in later life.

Typical target audiences include professionals and volunteers working in domestic violence and sexual assault programs, the aging services network, adult protective services, health care, the criminal and civil justice systems, faith communities, and other organizations. Staff are available for both in-person and online trainings.  For more information about trainer availability and fees, please contact us!

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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD), held annually on June 15, is one opportunity to bring focus to the issue of elder abuse.  Please visit our WEAAD page to learn more about the origin of the day and find ways to commemorate.

Utilize the free graphics in our Graphics Library to heighten awareness abuse across the lifespan during Stalking Awareness Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

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Sign up for NCALL’s Advocates’ Listserv 

Join the national community of advocates and others committed to promoting respect and dignity across the lifespan by joining NCALL’s advocates’ listserv. This listserv is administered by the NCALL and sponsored by the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW).  To join the listserv, please Contact Us.

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