The idea is to put abuse and neglect of older persons in a global spotlight.
As a public health nurse, I have witnessed elder abuse and neglect firsthand.
It follows concern that serious case reviews into child abuse and neglect were taking too long.
Even having state crime lab results double checked by an independent service could prevent all sorts of abuse and neglect.
The study was published in the journal of Child Abuse and Neglect.
The Francis Report found abuse and neglect led to the unnecessary deaths of hundreds of patients at the hospital between 2005 and 2008.
Lib Dem MP Paul Burstow has argued for new laws to ensure care providers are held criminally accountable for abuse and neglect on their premises.
BBC: MP Paul Burstow urges care home abuse penalties for owners
Castlebeck, the company at the centre of a BBC-exposed scandal into physical abuse and neglect at one of its care homes, has gone into administration.
Local authorities and safeguarding boards have responsibility to protect vulnerable adults from abuse and neglect and the CQC helps by passing on any relevant concerns it finds.
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Texas Child Protection Services confirmed it had received allegations of physical abuse and neglect and was investigating, but had not yet determined whether the allegations were true.
"When things go wrong, when terrible abuse and neglect takes place, the public expect those who take the fee to be held to account, " he told MPs.
BBC: MP Paul Burstow urges care home abuse penalties for owners
She's known abuse and neglect, she's known homelessness and filth.
He says that a culture of openness and transparency is essential to avoid repeating the mistakes at Stafford Hospital - where abuse and neglect led to hundreds of deaths.
Welsh government officials say the changes will help authorities learn lessons from abuse and neglect cases, but it is hoped one of the consequences will be a quicker system.
The results were released just days before World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, a worldwide effort to bring attention to elder abuse and neglect that takes place annually on June 15.
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An act passed in 2002 addressed abuse and neglect suffered by thousands of Irish children in state-licensed residential homes and schools, but omitted those who'd suffered in the Magdalen Laundries.
Mencap and the Challenging Behaviour said they had received 260 reports from families concerning abuse and neglect in institutional care since the Panorama programme was aired in May last year.
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The issue of information sharing was also brought up during the investigation into Victoria Climbie, the eight-year-old who died in 2000 from abuse and neglect, despite coming into contact with a number of agencies.
Nearly three-quarters of a million children fell victim to child abuse and neglect in 2011, the most recent year for which data was available, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Mr Cameron announced their appointment in a statement to the House of Commons, and was speaking after the public inquiry into Stafford Hospital where years of abuse and neglect led to the death of hundreds of patients.
You also should have enough to cover life's inevitable, unanticipated expenses, like a leaky roof or dead furnace not just in your primary home but also in all of your investment properties (which likely suffered abuse and neglect on their way to becoming bargains).
He said he did not want to see a repeat of the Winterbourne View care scandal that led to the conviction of six people for their role in abuse and neglect at the private hospital near Bristol, but for which he claimed there had been "no corporate accountability".
BBC: MP Paul Burstow urges care home abuse penalties for owners
This legislation provides the first-ever authorization of Federal resources for adult protective services demonstrations to test the best methods of identifying, responding to, and preventing elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
The 1988 reauthorization of the Older Americans Act provided for state grants to address elder abuse, as well as established the National Center on Elder Abuse, a resource center that for over 20 years has provided information and technical assistance about elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation issues and programs.
The UN agency also said more had to be done to tackle "abuse, neglect and violence against older persons".
"Abuse, neglect and exploitation" are risks that are right around the corner.
"Under Welsh Assembly Government guidance the Local Safeguarding Children's Board undertakes a case review whenever a child dies and abuse or neglect is suspected, " said a spokesman.
The RSPCA's report catalogues the incidents of animal neglect and abuse the charity investigated.
Neglect and abuse at Stafford hospital led to hundreds of unnecessary deaths between 2005 and 2008.
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The call comes amid concern over reported neglect and abuse in hospitals and care homes.
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