EP97: AARP/ Age-Friendly Social Innovation Challenge Abuse, Fraud, and Neglect

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Anyone can be abused, regardless of age, gender, nationality, religion, ethnicity, or social background. Hundreds of thousands of adults over 60 years old are mistreated, neglected, or monetarily exploited every year. More than half a million reports of elder abuse are made to the police each year in the United States alone, and many more go unreported.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If an older adult becomes more physically or cognitively frail, they may become less capable of self-care, resisting bullying, or defending themselves if/ when assaulted. Moreover, they may not see, hear, or understand as clearly as they once did, leaving them vulnerable to unscrupulous persons.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With these conditions in mind, This Is Getting Old together with The George Washington University Center for Aging, Health and Humanities, and multiple multi-sector partners present a 10-part AARP/ Age-Friendly Social Innovation Challenge to you.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today's episode will be on Abuse, Fraud, and Neglect. Tune in to learn more about how we can help older adults victimized by abuse, fraud, or neglect.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Key points covered in this episode: </strong></p> <p><strong>✔️Coming Together For Victims of Abuse, Fraud, and Neglect.</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">University students from the D.C. Metro area, older adults and local leaders who live in the region and work in the age-friendly space participated in a forum to develop abuse, fraud, and neglect solutions.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>✔️Do You Know Any Alberta’s?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alberta is the persona developed as an example by the Abuse, Fraud, and Neglect Design Thinking team as a scenario with common circumstances in an intergenerational home. In the team's problem statement, Alberta, age 79, stays with her daughter and grandchildren, but they are rarely home. S