[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 [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13667]


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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.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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