World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day icon with date June 15th, featuring one purple and one teal human holding hands above a globe with the text underneath “Building Strong Support for Elders”World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD), June 15th, was established by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) in 2006 and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2011. Even with projects such as the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life and annual themes for the awareness day campaign, aging adults experiencing abuse, exploitation, mistreatment or neglect may not receive the same level of support or understanding as different generations. US government data shows that people aged 65 and over grew nearly five times faster than the total population over the 100 years from 1920 to 2020, according to the 2020 Census. 

Interested in being involved for 2026? Email reed, the WEAAD working group representative.