2020 Winter GAPNA Newsletter Volume 39 Issue 4

Why COVID-19 May Increase Elder Abuse and How We Can Prevent It

The Education Development Center has published an article, “Why COVID-19 May Increase Elder Abuse – And How We Can Prevent It.”

The article is a Q&A with Kristin Lees-Haggerty, who directs the National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment.

This national collaboratory is a team of experts and clinicians designing and testing a care model to identify and respond to elder mistreatment in emergency departments.

Dr. Lees-Haggerty discusses how this pilot program is working amid the pandemic and what we all can do to support older adults in our communities.