The Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy at Yale Law School presents a symposium:
“Innovating Elder Justice: Law, Medicine, and Technology to Address Abuse and Financial Exploitation in Today’s Aging Society.”
Elder abuse is an increasingly recognized problem—affecting 1 in 10 older adults each year. But experts struggle to answer the critical questions: How can it be prevented? And what can be done to help victims? This symposium will bring together legal and medical experts and thought leaders from across the country to discuss the root of the problem, share some of the most promising and innovative responses to date (including interventions that can be employed by medical professionals in clinical settings), and think strategically about how law, technology, and medical expertise can be leveraged to address America’s elder abuse epidemic.