National Association of Adult Protective Services Administrators
National Center on Elder Abuse
April 2001

Reviewed by Loree Cook-Daniels

The “Elder Abuse Awareness Kit: A Resource Kit for Protecting Older People and People with Disabilities,” produced by the National Association of Adult Protective Services Administrators (NAAPSA) for the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) is a comprehensive, free speakers’ kit designed to help agencies and individuals increase awareness of adult abuse.

The kit provides a selection of one-page handouts, overheads, and/or speakers’ notes on the following topics:

Adult Protective Services Section

• How the APS system works

• Definitions

• Facts about maltreatment

• Possible indicators of abuse, neglect, and exploitation

• Facts and figures

Issues Facing Elders and Vulnerable Adults

• Ten concepts on aging

• Isolation

• Depression

• What is self neglect?

• Medication and substance abuse

• Incontinence

• Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease

• Coping with schizophrenia

• Fraud and exploitation and how to avoid them

• Universal declaration of human rights

Publicity Section

• Media tips

• Sample news release

• Sample letter to the editor

• Sample public service announcements

• Abuse prevention proclamation

• Silver ribbon campaign

• Bookmarks

• Presentation tips

How You Can Help

• Community service opportunities

• Tips for caregivers

• Preventing exploitation through money management

Resource List

To make the kit as accessible as possible, NCEA has uploaded it in its entirety onto its website at http://www.elderabusecenter.org/basic/speakers.pdf.