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Elder Abuse Awareness Committee meets

March 17, 2023
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Kim Estep (left), Cara Baldwin, Stephanie Moore, Tyranda Martin, Gloria Martin, Kensley Shannon, Vicki Dove, Kristi Hicks, Carma Korman, and Karen Thompson

The Greenbrier County Elder Abuse Awareness Committee (GCEAC) is comprised of volunteers and local organizations whose mission is to promote community participation in a network designed to increase awareness and knowledge about resources that strive for prevention, identification, intervention, and legal justice for victims of elder abuse.
Elder Abuse is defined a single or repeated act, or lack of appropriate actions, which causes harm, risk of harm, or distress to an individual 55 years or older and occurs:
• within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust; or
• when the targeted act is directed towards an elder person by virtue of age or disabilities.
Elder abuse includes but is not limited to physical, psychological, emotional, or sexual abuse, neglect, abandonment, and financial exploitation.
The Greenbrier County Elder Abuse Awareness Committee was initially formed in response to the death of a local elderly woman who was neglected by her relative caregivers. The committee was comprised of a small number of community members whose sole focus was to become educated on the abuse of elders and to begin expanding their membership. Today, the GCEAC has more than twenty Committee members consisting of volunteers and professionals in Greenbrier County who work with and/are concerned about the welfare of the elderly community.
Under past grant opportunities, the GCEAC was able to form an Elder Abuse Training Team. This team was comprised of a Law Enforcement Officer, an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, a Victim Advocate, and an Adult Protective Services worker. The Elder Abuse Training Team provided training to law enforcement agencies and victim service providers within Greenbrier County to identify signs of abuse and ways to prevent abuse in the future.
Today, the GCEAC through grant opportunities can revive the previously established Elder Abuse Multi-Disciplinary Investigative Team, connect victims of elder abuse to the Abuse in Later Life Advocate employed by Family Refuge Center, conduct cross-training for law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, health care providers, population specific organizations, victim advocates, faith-based leaders, courts and first responders to better serve elder victims, and improve outreach, services, civil and criminal justice responses, prevention, and support for victims of abuse.
For further information about the Greenbrier County Elder Abuse Awareness Committee, how to become a member, or to seek services for elder abuse, please contact Family Refuge Center at 304-645-6324. If you wish to make a report of elder abuse, you may do so by contacting Centralized Intake with WVDHHR or the crisis line at 1-800-352-6513.
“Take a stand against Elder Abuse, Advocate Awareness.”

 

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