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    • Our Role >
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    • Our Staff
    • Where We Represent
    • Our Annual Plan
    • MECASA Reports
    • Give MECASA Feedback!
  • General
    • Supervision & Remote Staff
    • Self Care & Vicarious Trauma
    • Outcomes, Data, & Evaluation
    • Communication & Awareness
    • Upcoming Trainings & Calls
    • Training & Facilitation
    • Grants
  • Prevention
    • Prevention Orientation
    • Children’s Safety Partnership
    • Youth & Schools
    • Professionals & Community Education/Training
    • Assessment & Evaluation
    • Curriculum Work Group
  • Intervention
    • Survivor Resources >
      • Questions & Answers
      • Story Telling
      • Healing Journey
      • Safety & Privacy
      • Navigating Services
      • Podcasts
    • Basic Needs
    • Health & Justice
    • Stalking
    • Support Groups
    • Advocate Training
    • Trafficking & Exploitation
    • Facilitating SARTs
    • Statewide Training Materials
    • Statewide Helpline
    • Helpline Volunteer Recruitment & Management
    • Crisis Intervention & Mental Health Support
  • Culturally & Community Specific
    • Campus & K-12 Title IX
    • Disability Rights & Resources
    • Language Access
    • Rural
    • LGBTQIA2+
    • PREA & Incarceration
    • Faith-based Communities
    • Older Adults
    • Military & Veterans
  • CAC
    • The Maine CACs
    • Protocols, Policies, & Guidelines
    • MDT Resources
    • Further Reading

Older Adults

mecasa Resources
Maine Guidelines for Screening In-Home Personal Caregivers: A Safety Resource for Individuals, Families, and Agencies
2012 - Maine Health Care Association, Maine Association of Are Agencies on Aging, MECASA, & DHHS
Sexual Violence & Older Adults 
Fact Sheet - MECASA 
training
2022 Elder Abuse Prevention Summit
Sexual Violence & Older Adults
Katie Kondrat, Equity & Access Coordinator, Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Dave White, Training Program Manager, DHHS/Office of Aging and Disability Services

​Join Katie and Dave to learn about the prevalence and impact of sexual violence among older Mainers. They review indicators of sexual violence and considerations for responding to disclosures, and explore the cultural and systemic contributors to low numbers of identification and reporting. 

​APS Mandated Reporter Training 
Recorded Webinar - October 2020
Erin Salvo, ​Associate Director
Adult Protective Services
Office of Aging and Disability Services

maine resources
Maine Council on Aging
  • Power in Aging Project - MCOA drives change through policy development and advocacy, communications and outreach, and hosting events like the annual Maine Wisdom Summit.​
  • Anti-Ageism Guide​
FrameWorks Communications Toolkit
This toolkit models how to apply the FrameWorks Institute’s evidence-based recommendations to messages and conversations about elder abuse and related issues, in order to build public understanding and support.​
Maine Council on Elder Abuse Prevention
Annual Summit, annual MDT roundtable, task force support, and education & awareness
Legal Services for the Elderly
They provide free, high quality legal services to Maine’s socially and economically needy elderly age 60 and over.
Elder Abuse Institute of Maine
Transitional housing, elder service connections, community education, & research

national resources
National Clearinghouse for Abuse in Later Life
Training tools, educational videos, and technical assistance
The National Resource Center on LGBT Aging - ​The National Resource Center on LGBT Aging is the country's first and only technical assistance resource center aimed at improving the quality of services and supports offered to lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender older adults.
Long-term Care Equality Index
Promoting Equitable and Inclusive Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Older People in Long-Term Care Communities
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Looking for the Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault? Head to mecasa.org.