DC Victim Assistance Academy Elder Abuse Training
This training will enhance victim service providers' abilities to respond to survivors of abuse in later life. The presentation will cover all types of elder abuse, including physical abuse, sexual abuse, criminal neglect, and financial exploitation.
Elder Abuse participants will become familiar with the following:
• Increase participants’ knowledge of the types, prevalence and dynamics of elder abuse
• Increase participants’ ability to identify elder abuse in the course of their work