Federally Funded Elder Abuse Research
Multiple federal departments and agencies invest in elder abuse research. Below are federal agency databases to locate elder abuse awards, open elder abuse solicitations, and elder abuse government reports.
Federal Elder Abuse Research Databases
National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
Elder Abuse/Financial Exploitation Awards (filter used)
Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Awards
https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/ojp-award-data
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Current Research Information System (CRIS)
https://cris.nifa.usda.gov/search.html
National Institute on Aging (NIA) NIH Reporter
https://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm
National Science Foundation (NSF)
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/
USAspending.gov
For award data across all federal agencies, visit USAspending.gov (go to Award Search and then Keyword Search)
Federally-Funded Research Awards and Accompanying Published Papers
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Award: Piloting a Comprehensive Caregiver Intervention: A Pathway to Preventing Elder Mistreatment Gassoumis, Z. D., Martinez, J. M., Yonashiro‐Cho, J., Mosqueda, L., Hou, A., Han, S. D., ... & Wilber, K. H. (2024). Comprehensive Older Adult and Caregiver Help (COACH): A person‐centered caregiver intervention prevents elder mistreatment. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 72(1), 246-257. |
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Award: Elder Abuse Prevention Demonstration Project: Planning Phase Yahner, J., Hussemann, J., & Henderson, E. (2022). Building Late-Life Resilience to Prevent Elder Abuse: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study of the EMPOWER Program (#304530). Final report submitted to the National Institute of Justice. |
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Award: Mass Marketing Elder Fraud Intervention DeLiema, M., Langton, L., Brannock, D., & Preble, E. (2024). Fraud victimization across the lifespan: Evidence on repeat victimization using perpetrator data. Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, 1-24. |
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Burnes, D., MacNeil, A., Nowaczynski, A., Sheppard, C., Trevors, L., Lenton, E., ... & Pillemer, K. (2021). A scoping review of outcomes in elder abuse intervention research: The current landscape and where to go next. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 57, 101476. |
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Award: Defining Late-Life Poly-victimization and Identifying Associated Mental and Physical Health Symptoms Burnett, J., Suchting, R., & Cannell, M.B. (2021). Defining Late-Life Poly-victimization and Identifying Associated Mental and Physical Health Symptoms and Mortality (#302238). Final Report submitted to the National Institute of Justice. |
Elder Abuse Government Reports
Original Research
- FinCEN - Elder Financial Exploitation: Threat Pattern & Trend Information, June 2022 to June 2023
- BJS - Examining Financial Fraud Against Older Adults
- CFPB - Recovering from Elder Financial Exploitation: A Framework for Policy and Research
- DOJ - Building Consensus on Research Priorities in Elder Mistreatment
- ACL - Elder Abuse Prevention Intervention Demonstrations
- FTC - Consumer Fraud Survey 2011
Research Syntheses and Workshops
- IC3 - 2023 Elder Fraud Report
- Senate Special Committee on Aging 2023 Fraud Book
- Center for Victim Research - Research Brief: Elder Abuse
- NCEA - Elder Abuse Annual Research Compilation (September 2021 – August 2022)
- NIA Workshop - Multiple Approaches to Understanding and Preventing Elder Abuse (Executive Summary)
- CDC - Elder Abuse Surveillance: Uniform Definitions and Recommended Core Data Elements
- DOJ & HHS - Elder Justice Roadmap (Appendices)
- Fostering Innovation to Support Older Americans: Federal Agency Highlights
- Age-Related Changes in Interpersonal Trust Behavior Can Neuroscience Inform Public Policy?
- Ageism: A Research Brief (NCEA)
- Mistreatment of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Elders (NCEA)
Visit the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to search for reports on elder abuse and financial exploitation.