Table 1.

Major Federal Legislation on the Issues of Elder Abuse

Older American Act	Title II: Administration on Aging
	Title III: Grants for State and Community Program on Aging
	Title IV: Activities of Health, Independence, and Longevity
	Title VII: Vulnerable Elder Rights Protection Activities
Elder Justice Act	All Titles
Public Health Service Act	Section 393: Interpersonal violence within family and among acquaintance
	Section 399p: Grants to foster public health responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking
	Section 758: Interdisciplinary training and education on domestic violence and other types of violence and abuse
Social Security Act	Title XI: General Provision, Peer Review, and Administrative Simplification: Reporting to law enforcement of crimes in long-term care facilities
	Title XVIII: Medicare requirement for skilled nursing facilities
	Title XIX: Medicaid requirement for nursing facilities and home and community care for functionally disabled elderly individuals
	Title XX: Block grants to states for social services and elder justice
Violence Against Women Act	Enhancing training and services to end violence against and abuse of women later in life