Elder Justice Dispatch

This year for WEAAD, the New York City Elder Abuse Center (NYCEAC) will be sharing resources for elder justice professionals daily for 16 days, in a campaign called 16 for 2016 – which you can find on Twitter at #16for2016 or on our Facebook page starting on May 31, 2016. More →

NYCEAC recently sat down with Andy Mao, Coordinator of the Department of Justice's Elder Justice Initiative, to chart the Initiative’s evolution, with a focus on one of Andy’s signature accomplishments there, the DOJ’s Elder Justice Website. More →

Welcome to the NYC Elder Abuse Center’s (NYCEAC) revamped news and resource roundup blog, The Field Guide. We've selected and analyzed the most helpful articles and resources relevant to elder justice professionals for February and March 2016. More →

Watch out world – the Elder Justice League is here! The League raises awareness of elder abuse across social media platforms and takes elder justice conversations mainstream. Convened in October 2015 by the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA), the League is comprised of elder justice advocates representing 11 organizations. Participating organizations have varying funding streams and missions, serve diverse populations, and share a wide breadth of expertise. League representatives are interdisciplinary and geographically diverse, hailing from many parts of the US and Canada. More →

This blog discusses how a multi-talented designer, writer, and artist became a passionate elder abuse advocate. Nancy Oatts was kind enough to sit down with The NYC Elder Abuse Center’s (NYCEAC) Talitha Guinn for an interview about her personal experience encountering elder abuse, the surprising journey on which it led her, and hopes for a future where elder abuse is mitigated through the relationships that are built between neighbors. More →