Presidential Document2024-13667
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, 2024
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June 20, 2024
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June 14, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 119 (Thursday, June 20, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 51785-51786]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13667]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 119 / Thursday, June 20, 2024 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10776 of June 14, 2024
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, 2024
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Older Americans are the heart and soul of our families,
our communities, and our Nation. But every year, up to
five million older Americans face some form of abuse.
Around the world, too many are denied the opportunity
to age with dignity and security. During World Elder
Abuse Awareness Day, we recommit to standing with elder
abuse survivors, shedding light on this important
issue, and creating a world in which no older person
has to live in fear of violence, abuse, or neglect.
Elder abuse comes in many forms. It can include
physical or emotional abuse and neglect, sexual
violence, or financial exploitation. These and other
abuses can leave older Americans with scars, both
visible and invisible, that impact them for the rest of
their lives. They can happen anywhere--at home, at a
care facility, at work, or online.
Elder abuse goes against everything we stand for as a
Nation--and my Administration is working relentlessly
to stop it. To date, my Administration has dedicated
over $430 million to Adult Protective Services, making
it easier to investigate reports of elder abuse and
give survivors the resources they need to heal--from
emergency resources like food, shelter, and law
enforcement protection to medical and mental health
treatment, legal services, and financial assistance. My
new Budget proposes a $30 million investment to sustain
and strengthen these resources. Furthermore, I
reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act and
increased its funding to the highest levels to date--
which includes funding for service providers, law
enforcement, and prosecutors to respond to domestic and
sexual violence experienced by older adults.
Concurrently, we are working to protect the savings
that older Americans have worked their entire lives to
build up. Last year alone, Americans over 60 years old
lost over $3 billion to scams. In response, the Federal
Trade Commission, the Federal Communications
Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,
and other regulatory agencies are taking aggressive
action to identify and crack down on loan scams,
mortgage scams, junk fees, and price gouging, which too
often prey on older Americans.
Meanwhile, my Administration is working to ensure that
older Americans have access to the quality care they
deserve--whether they are at home or in another
residential setting. By signing an Executive Order on
Increasing Access to High-Quality Care and Supporting
Caregivers, I took the most comprehensive set of
executive actions in history to support family
caregivers and care workers. Additionally, we are
helping home care workers get a larger share of
Medicaid payments. We are ensuring nursing homes have
enough staff to guarantee every resident a safe,
quality environment. My new Budget would also
significantly expand Medicaid home care services to
reduce the long waitlist, ensure nursing homes can be
regularly audited for safety and quality, and empower
more older Americans to live full lives in settings of
their choice.
Globally, my Administration is ensuring that our
partnerships with nations abroad reflect the same care
for older people that we prioritize here at home.
Through the Department of State, local law enforcement
agencies
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are training their foreign counterparts in best
practices to investigate elder abuse and support
survivors. We are also working to implement our
Strategy on Global Women's Economic Security, which
includes a focus on expanding opportunities and
protections for caregivers around the world, including
older women. With our Strategy to Prevent and Respond
to Gender-Based Violence Globally, we are tackling
violence that affects older adults, particularly older
women and widows.
This World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, let us remember
the integral and irreplaceable role that older
Americans have in our families, our communities, and
our society. Let us recommit to ensuring that they can
live with the comfort, dignity, and respect they earned
and deserve. Let us celebrate the blessings of their
wisdom, their contributions, and their love, which
nurture who we are as people and shape all that we are
as a Nation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 15, 2024,
as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. I encourage all
Americans to be diligent; work together to strengthen
existing partnerships; and develop new opportunities to
improve our Nation's prevention of and response to
elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
fourteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-four, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
eighth.
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