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About This Webinar
This webinar introduces a new toolkit designed to improve identification and response to elder mistreatment in hospital emergency departments. The team also shared their experiences in implementing the toolkit, emphasizing the importance of collaboration, community partnerships, and the need for further research and development.
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About the EMED Toolkit
Elder mistreatment affects 1 in 10 older adults, but only 1 in 1000 older adults presenting in the emergency department are diagnosed with elder mistreatment.
The EMED toolkit contains resources that address that imbalance by assessing staff knowledge and practice, training staff to use simple tools to screen older adults for elder mistreatment and respond to suspected cases, and forging connections with community partners including:
- Community Connections Roadmap: A guide for identifying and connecting with community partners that can support patient safety and follow up.
- ED Staff Survey: 20 question/10 minute online tool for ED staff assesses current practices and defines priorities for practice and systems change.
- Online Training Modules: Interactive online training on how to identify and respond to elder mistreatment.
- Screening and Response Tool: Brief screening and response tools to identify at-risk patients and develop safety and discharge plans.
Webinar Details
Expert Panel
Kristin Lees Haggerty, PhD
Project Director
National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment
Education Development Center (EDC)
Maurice Haskins, MSW, LCSW-C
Clinical Social Worker
Emergency Room, Inova Fair Oaks Hospital
Luna Ragsdale, MD, MPH
Chief, Emergency Department
Durham VA Health Care System
Clinical Associate, Department of Emergency Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine
Tony Rosen, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Program Director, Vulnerable Elder Protection Team
New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center New York
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Goals
- To introduce the Toolkit for Elder Mistreatment in the ED and its four components.
- To hear stories from ED practitioners about their experience of implementing the Elder Mistreatment Toolkit in various settings.
- To explore drivers of success, barriers, and opportunities to improve identification of elder mistreatment.
Supporting Materials
TOOLKIT | February 21, 2022
Elder Mistreatment Emergency Department Toolkit
Easy-to-use resources to help Emergency Department staff identify and address mistreatment in older adults. Developed by the National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment.
WEBINAR |November 8, 2021
Elder Abuse and Neglect: Addressing unmet social needs in the Geriatric ED
An expert panel discussion on how EDs are in a unique position to identify and intervene in situations of elder abuse, neglect and mistreatment.
EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS | November 3, 2022
Brain Health in the ED
A collaboration between AARP and GEDC designed to educate and raise awareness of brain health issues in emergency departments.
