Moving forward: recommendations for advancing late-life polyvictimization practice, policy, and research

ABSTRACT

This article synthesizes what has been learned from the entire polyvictimization in later-life project and offers five categories of recommendations for addressing polyvictimization and its elderly victims through practice, policy, and research. These five recommendations relate to definitions and frameworks, practice, training and education, research and evidence-based interventions, and prevention. Specifically, this article focuses on changes to improve identification, development of policies and practices, and research priorities.

KEYWORDS:

• Elder abuse
• polyvictimization
• polyvictimization in later life
• policy and practice
• research
• prevention
• victims
• justice system

Funding

The project was a cooperative agreement between the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and the US Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime, award number 2012-VF-GX-K014.

Acknowledgment

This project was supported by a grant from National Institute of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime (#VF—GX-K014) awarded to the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse.

Additional information

Funding

The project was a cooperative agreement between the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and the US Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime, award number 2012-VF-GX-K014.