Older adult abuse, also known as elder abuse, is a serious, often hidden issue that threatens the safety, dignity, and well-being of vulnerable seniors worldwide. This course provides healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills to recognize, report, and help prevent abuse in older adults. Learners will examine the different types of abuse, identify risk factors and early warning signs, and apply reporting protocols aligned with legal and ethical standards. Practical strategies and real-world examples equip participants to respond effectively, support victims, and promote prevention within clinical and community settings. By completing this course, you will be better prepared to safeguard older adults from harm and uphold their right to a safe and respectful quality of life.
Credit & MOC Details
Credit information is provided by the course provider. We recommend confirming credit eligibility with the provider or your licensing board before starting the activity.
Credit types
MOC types
FDA REMS
Qualifies for MIPS
Target Specialties
Specialties served/covered
- Addiction Medicine
- Adolescent Medicine
- Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology
- Allergy & Clinical Immunology
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Clinical Informatics
- Communication & Shared Decision-Making
- Comprehensive & Board Review
- Critical Care Medicine
- Dermatology
- Diagnostic Radiology
- Emergency Medicine
- Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
- Evidence-Based Medicine & Research
- Family Medicine
- Foot & Ankle Surgery
- Gastroenterology
- Gastrointestinal Surgery
- General & Adult Psychiatry
- General Internal Medicine
- General Pediatrics
- Geriatric Medicine
- Geriatric Psychiatry
- Gynecologic Oncology
- Health Equity & Inclusion
- Hematology
- Hospice & Palliative Medicine
- Hospital Medicine
- Infectious Disease
- Laryngology
- Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- Medical Genetics & Genomics
- Medical Leadership & Administration
- Medical Oncology
- Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery
- Mood & Anxiety Disorders
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Neuromuscular Medicine
- Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Ophthalmology
- Pain Medicine
- Patient Education & Health Literacy
- Patient Safety & Quality Improvement
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Pediatric Neurology
- Practice Management & Ethics
- Primary Care Sports Medicine
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychotic Disorders
- Pulmonary Disease
- Regional Anesthesia & Acute Pain
- Rheumatology
- Sleep Medicine
- Transplant Hepatology
- Transplant Surgery
- Vascular Neurology
- Anesthesiology
- Cardio-Vascular
- Cross-Specialty
- Emergency & Critical Care
- ENT & Head Neck
- GI & Liver
- Infectious Disease
- Internal Medicine
- Medical Subspecialties
- Neurology
- Ob/Gyn
- Oncology & Hematology
- Orthopedics
- Pain & Palliative
- Pediatrics
- Primary care
- Psychiatry
- Radiology
- Sports & Exercise Medicine
- Surgery
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