PMID- 23110488 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130122 LR - 20220316 IS - 1532-5415 (Electronic) IS - 0002-8614 (Print) IS - 0002-8614 (Linking) VI - 60 IP - 11 DP - 2012 Nov TI - Advancing the field of elder abuse: future directions and policy implications. PG - 2151-6 LID - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04211.x [doi] AB - Elder abuse, sometimes called elder mistreatment or elder maltreatment, includes psychological, physical, and sexual abuse; neglect (caregiver neglect and self-neglect); and financial exploitation. Evidence suggests that one in 10 older adults experiences some form of elder abuse, but only one in 25 cases is reported to social services agencies. At the same time, elder abuse is associated with significant morbidity and premature mortality. Despite these findings, there is a great paucity in research, practice, and policy addressing the pervasive issues of elder abuse. Through my experiences as a American Political Sciences Association Congressional Policy Fellow and Health and Aging Policy Fellow working with the Administration on Community Living (ACL) (previously known as the Administration on Aging) for the last 2 years, I will describe the major functions of the ACL and highlight two major pieces of federal legislation: The Older Americans Act and the Elder Justice Act. I will also highlight major research gaps and future policy relevant research directions for the field of elder abuse. CI - (c) 2012, Copyright the Authors Journal compilation (c) 2012, The American Geriatrics Society. FAU - Dong, XinQi AU - Dong X AD - Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA. xinqi_dong@rush.edu LA - eng GR - R01AG042318/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MD006173/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AG042318/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - R21AG038815/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01CA163830/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AG11101/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01MD006173/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 AG038815/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - K23 AG030944/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - RC4 AG039085/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AG011101/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA163830/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20121030 PL - United States TA - J Am Geriatr Soc JT - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society JID - 7503062 SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Elder Abuse/*legislation & jurisprudence/*prevention & control MH - Forecasting MH - Humans MH - Public Policy/legislation & jurisprudence/trends MH - Research MH - United States PMC - PMC3498608 MID - NIHMS400036 COIS- Conflict of Interest Dr. Dong is supported by the APSA Congressional Policy Fellowship/Health and Aging Policy Fellowship and National Institute of Health grants (R01MD006173, R01AG042318, R01CA163830, R21AG038815 & R01 AG11101), ARRA (RC4 AG039085), Paul B. Beeson Award in Aging (K23 AG030944), The Starr Foundation, John A. Hartford Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies. Dr. Dong reports no conflict of interest and declares no financial interest. EDAT- 2012/11/01 06:00 MHDA- 2013/01/23 06:00 PMCR- 2013/11/01 CRDT- 2012/11/01 06:00 PHST- 2012/11/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/11/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/01/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04211.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Nov;60(11):2151-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04211.x. Epub 2012 Oct 30.