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The Center's goal is none other than to end elder abuse.
The mission of the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA), directed by the U.S. Administration on Aging (AOA), is to help communities and professionals ensure that elders and adults with disabilities can live with dignity and independence-and without abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
The NCEA began in 1988 as an information clearinghouse demonstration project on abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Its goals were to identify best practices in prevention and treatment, serve as a repository of research, and conduct demonstration projects to promote effective and coordinated responses to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation. The NCEA was granted a permanent home in 1992 in Title II of the Older Americans Act (OAA).
The NCEA: An Overview
Over the years, the AOA has administered the NCEA as a grant program. In 2011, at the University of California, Irvine, Program in Geriatrics, the Center of Excellence on Elder Abuse and Neglect was awarded the grant, through 2014, to be the National Center on Elder Abuse. The Center brings together a community of professionals to build upon the expertise of its leaders from medicine, social work, and gerontology. At the NCEA, we strive to unify and catalyze the people and groups already addressing elder mistreatment across the nation, and disseminate information as specified in the OAA.
Recognizing that elder abuse is a multifaceted phenomenon requiring a multi-disciplinary response, the NCEA historically has operated as a consortium of...