 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|||
|
|
Welcome to the Center of Excellence on Elder Abuse and Neglect at the UCI School of Medicine, Program in Geriatrics, funded by the Archstone Foundation.
Locally, the Center of Excellence provides medical, forensic, and victim services to abused and neglected seniors and serves as a “living laboratory” of innovative approaches.
Statewide, the Center of Excellence serves as a central source of technical assistance, best practice information, multidisciplinary training, useful research, and relevant policy issues in California.
The Center of Excellence on Elder Abuse and Neglect serves through:
Direct Services The Center of Excellence provides medical assessments, forensic evaluations, interdisciplinary case planning, linkages with existing resources, and the identification of available and needed services in Orange County.
Technical Assistance The Center of Excellence provides statewide technical assistance to elder abuse programs in California. Two types of technical assistance will be offered: case consultation and program development/replication assistance.
Connecting Practice and Policy To make a sustainable improvement in the field of elder abuse, it is crucial to connect practice and policy. The Center of Excellence uses the knowledge gained through a systematic and sound evaluation process to educate those in a position to make policy decisions.
Conducting Research Through the faculty of the UCI School of Medicine Program in Geriatrics, the Center of Excellence provides the bridge between direct service and academics. Research at the Center of Excellence is currently funded through the National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Justice, and the California Department of Health and Human Services.
Providing Education The Center of Excellence guides the UniHealth-funded Elder Abuse Training Institute in identifying California’s most pressing training needs in elder mistreatment. Multidisciplinary experts conduct discipline-specific training seminars for law enforcement, legal, medical, and social service professionals.
To learn more about UC Irvine School of Medicine’s Program in Geriatrics, please visit our Geriatric Medicine website http://www.som.uci.edu/geriatrics/
A special thanks to the Archstone Foundation, the Los Feliz Foundation, Kaiser Permanente Foundation, the California Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institute of Justice, the National Institute on Aging, UniHealth Foundation, and our individual donors for their contribution to the advancement in the field of elder abuse and neglect.
Sincerely,
Download our printable one-page description of the Center of Excellence. Sign up for Elder Abuse Bytes, our bimonthly e-newsletter About the Directors
Laura Mosqueda, M.D. is the Director of Geriatrics at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine where she is also a Professor of Family Medicine and the Ronald W. Reagan Endowed Chair in Geriatrics. Her work involves clinical care, medical education, and research; special areas of interest include dementia, disability, and elder mistreatment.
Dr. Mosqueda leads a medical response team which partners with social service and criminal justice agencies to provide medical consultation regarding possible elder mistreatment. She is also the director of an Elder Abuse Forensic Center and an Elder Death Review Team in Orange County, California. She serves on the board of directors for the National Center for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and was a member of the National Academies Panel that produced the book entitled “Elder Mistreatment: Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation in an Aging America.”
Mary Twomey, MSW is the Co-Director of the Center of Excellence. Before taking this position, Mary directed the San Francisco Consortium for Elder Abuse Prevention, a program of the Institute on Aging. Formerly, Ms. Twomey was Director of Social Services at the Volunteer Legal Services Program of the Bar Association of San Francisco. She spent eleven years with the national office of AARP in Washington, DC where she coordinated the National Guardianship Monitoring Program.
|
||
