Protecting Older Adults: Ethical Legal Considerations in the Identification Reporting of Elder Abuse
Live Event

Protecting Older Adults: Ethical Legal Considerations in the Identification Reporting of Elder Abuse

Friday, September 26, 2025
4:00pm - 5:30pm US Eastern Time

Part of: Aging Summit: Knowledge for Care

Conference Details

Aging Summit: Knowledge for Care
September 25 – 27, 2025 See agenda for times
Up to 17 CE hours available
10 Sessions

This Session

Protecting Older Adults: Ethical Legal Considerations in the Identification Reporting of Elder Abuse
Sep 26, 4:00 PM US Eastern Time
1.5 CE Hours
View Full Conference

About the Event

Laws exist in all 50 states, and at the federal level, aimed to protect older adults from maltreatment at the hands of their families and other caretakers. Many different types of professionals are required by law to make reports of suspected elder abuse to state governmental entities. Additionally, codes of ethics generally expect helping professionals to initiate a response to protect the vulnerable from harm.

The legal requirements for professionals to report elder abuse are often confusing to navigate, especially in relation to other professional and ethical responsibilities. This session will explore the societal response to elder abuse, along with providing professionals a framework to use when concerned for the well-being of an older adult under their professional care.

Live Event This is a live online event. It will be conducted via Zoom Webinar.

Live Event Instructor

Target Audience

This educational activity is intended for an interprofessional audience of healthcare providers, including psychologists, social workers, counselors, MFT's, nurses, medical doctors, and dietitians.

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Identify four basic ethical principles to guide decision making.
  2. 2 Explain the development in the societal recognition of elder abuse as a social problem.
  3. 3 Describe and apply a framework to guide the process of determining whether they are required to make a report.
  4. 4 Identify the ethical/ moral and legal conundrums faced when making the decision to report elder abuse.
  5. 5 Demonstrate ways to advocate for improved services systems.

Disclosure to Learners

CE Learning Systems adheres to the ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity – including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others ― are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (formerly known as commercial interests).

The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Faculty

There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

Start your CE Journey now - complete your first course today, on us.

Try for free - no commitment required.

Start a Free Trial Course

Continuing Education

Copyright © 2026 CE Learning Systems LLC

Please Confirm