What's the role ageism (stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination towards people on the basis of age) may play in providers' capacity to identify and respond to abuse, and elders’ decisions to disclose violence?

An elderly woman was brought to the emergency department covered in bruises from the top of her head to the bottom of her feet. She had been in the care of her son for just a day after a stay in a local nursing home.

NCALL 20th Anniversary Blog Series Alicia Lord,  Event Coordinator I have been working in the field of technical assistance for victim services for only about five years now. In that time, the most exciting shift in the field that I...

Make plans to join NCALL, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ), and the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) on October 22 for this 60-minute webinar.

We are thrilled to announce that Alicia Lord has been hired as NCALL’s Event Coordinator.

Prior to law school, I worked as a lay advocate for a Milwaukee nonprofit that helped educate low-income families about changes implemented under the 1996 federal welfare reform act.

Dr. Toni Morrison was a literary and cultural giant. In her transition she leaves much to be missed.

Registration is now open for the National Institute on the Prosecution of Elder Abuse (NIPEA)  2019, which will be held November 6-8, 2019 in San Antonio, TX.

The National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL) has an opening for our Event Coordinator position.

I started working with survivors of domestic and sexual abuse in 1981 in a rural, northwestern county of Wisconsin. I came to this work after experiencing family violence in my own life and like many others, soon recognized that by helping others, I was able to turn something difficult in my life into something positive.