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2 <br />Gr~cu~e C~iwty <br />~8d ¢r JVUst~ewt~w~t e~a@it~eK <br />~~~~¢ ~s~e, ~va~t~ e~a~sMa <br />Reaching Hidden Victims <br />Small Grant Program Proposal <br />Summary Description <br />The Orange County Elder Mistreatment Coalition, an organization composed of <br />20 professional volunteers, is proposing a demonstration project targeted at reducing the <br />number of elders whose abuse and/or neglect are hidden. The objectives for this project <br />include increasing community awareness and the public's and professionals' knowledge <br />about elder mistreatment, especially community sentinels and first responders, and <br />implementing the use of a multidisciplinary elder mistreatment emergency response <br />team. The action plan for achieving these goals includes the development or refinement <br />of eye-catching signs, brochures, training manuals, and informational handouts. These <br />informational and training materials, along with newspaper articles and television <br />programs, will be used by coalition members to achieve the awareness and training <br />goals. The emergency response team will be implemented early in the training period. <br />The expected outcome of the project is also our aim - to increase public and <br />professional awareness of and knowledge about elder mistreatment in Orange County in <br />an effort to prevent its ou;urrence, as well as to detect existing hidden cases. The <br />benefits will include increased community awareness and knowledge, improved <br />responsiveness of professionals, agencies and organizations to mistreated elders, and <br />thus, a reduction in the suffering that mistreated elders e~erience because their needs <br />are known and help offered. The products of the project include those listed above. <br />They will be available for use by other interested parties and organizations. <br />