WHEN HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, ASK ELDERLY LOVED ONES WHAT THEY MIGHT NEED Orange Calif, Nov. 27, 2012 – For many, the holidays offer a once-a-year opportunity to visit with distant elderly relatives. Unfortunately, most people don’t make the best use of this precious time. Dr. Laura Mosqueda says holiday visits are a good time [...]
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UC Irvine elder abuse awareness team launches Ageless Alliance
June 13, 2012 – 6:29 pm
Elder abuse awareness advocates from UC Irvine will launch a national campaign highlighting the crisis June 14 at a special White House event and June 15 at the UCI campus. Ageless Alliance: United Against Elder Abuse is a social justice movement connecting people of all ages to identify, prevent and eliminate the abuse, neglect and [...]
Experts from UC Irvine will assist nursing homes to prevent elder abuse
April 27, 2012 – 12:50 pm
Residents of nursing homes are among those most susceptible to elder abuse and neglect. Now, experts from UC Irvine’s Program in Geriatrics will provide training and support in Orange County nursing homes under the settlement terms of a class-action lawsuit alleging inadequate staffing at 22 long-term-care facilities in California. Training will be handled by UC [...]
As USA grays, elder abuse risk and need for shelters grow
January 11, 2012 – 11:02 am
IN THE NEWS: USA Today interviewed UC Irvine’s Dr. Laura Mosqueda for an article about the growing need for awareness of elder abuse and action to prevent it: The number of people who live to age 90 and beyond has tripled in the past three decades to 2 million and is projected to quadruple by [...]
UC Irvine gerontologist receives award for work with seniors
November 9, 2011 – 12:26 pm
UC Irvine gerontologist Kerry Burnight, PhD, received the first Senior Care Humanitarian Award for Outstanding Administrator of the Year for her work in detecting and addressing elder abuse and neglect at an Oct. 23 ceremony hosted by Answers Eldercare OC, a coalition of organizations united to recognize excellence in senior care. The group plans to [...]
UCI named National Center on Elder Abuse, receives $1.7 million grant
September 1, 2011 – 9:49 am
UC Irvine’s Program in Geriatrics has been named the National Center on Elder Abuse, a clearinghouse for practical information supporting federal, state and local efforts to prevent, identify and effectively respond to elder abuse. The agency will provide funding of $561,000 annually for three years. The NCEA will be led by Dr. Laura Mosqueda and Mary [...]
Elder abuse underreported
June 2, 2011 – 12:07 pm
IN THE NEWS: A Los Angeles Times article about a California woman prosecuted for elder abuse notes that there are disputes about what elder abuse is and just how much of it occurs. According to the National Center on Elder Abuse, between 1 million and 2 million Americans 65 or older have been “injured, exploited or otherwise mistreated [...]
US Justice Department honors UCI’s elder abuse prevention efforts
April 8, 2011 – 2:17 am
The U.S. Department of Justice has honored Dr. Laura Mosqueda and UC Irvine’s Elder Abuse Forensic Center with a 2011 Award for Professional Innovation in Victim Services. The award, presented by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder praised the effort, which unites educators and medical professionals with law enforcement and social service agencies to improve the [...]
Grants to support UCI elder abuse prevention efforts
March 24, 2011 – 10:52 am
UC Irvine’s Center of Excellence on Elder Abuse & Neglect has received a pair of two-year grants that will allow the university to continue its innovative work in elder abuse prevention. Read more >>
UC Irvine physicians confront elder abuse
September 24, 2010 – 12:55 pm
UC Irvine’s Dr. Laura Mosqueda is guest editor of the Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect’s current special issue, which examines the successes and challenges of confronting abuse. “We, as a nation, must act upon a commitment to value our elders whether they are vigorous or frail, lucid or demented, independent or in need of [...]