Our Partners
Collaboration is central to advancing safety and preventing abuse. CEASE is proud to partner with leading organizations to deliver cutting-edge education, create innovative resources and practical tools, and generate impactful research that drives meaningful change and improves the lives of older adults.
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Dr. Storey has been working with EAPO for over a decade to provide HOPE training to hundreds of professionals across sectors.
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What is EAPO?
As a leading provincial charity in Ontario Canada, EAPO plays a pivotal role in advancing the prevention of elder abuse through expert education, specialized training, innovative resource development, and the dissemination of critical information to communities and service providers. EAPO also runs a Senior Safety Line and one of the first intervention programs for older adult mistreatment.
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How are we partnering?
Training on the HOPE through EAPO has reached practitioners in Ontario, across Canada and around the world equipping professionals with a research based tool to recognize, assess, and respond to the complex realities of older adult mistreatment.
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EAPO also convenes HOPE Communities of Practice dynamic professional forums that bring trained practitioners together to deepen their expertise and strengthen responses to elder abuse. These sessions focus on critical areas such as cultural competence, identifying and strengthening protective factors, and addressing the diverse needs of older adults.
Beyond knowledge-sharing, the Communities of Practice function as collaborative problem-solving roundtables. Participants apply the HOPE framework to ongoing cases, collectively analyzing risk and developing coordinated management strategies. This collaborative approach not only enhances professional practice but also strengthens the broader system of care and protection for older adults.
The AEAAC and Dr. Storey are working together to implement the HOPE in Alberta, Canada and test its efficacy.
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What is the AEAAC?
The AEAAC is a non-profit society, organized as a council of Albertans, dedicated to raising awareness and addressing elder abuse through learning events and community response. The AEAAC provides a critical point of collaboration for the province of Alberta, bringing together key resources and setting a strategic plan for increasing awareness, providing excellence of service and improving the lives of older adults.
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How are we partnering?
The AEAAC has trained caseworkers across the region in the use of the HOPE and is actively collecting ongoing data to evaluate its implementation and effectiveness. In partnership with Dr. Storey, the organization will analyze how the HOPE functions in practice, examining its impact across Alberta’s diverse regions and populations.
Through the facilitation of HOPE Communities of Practice, the AEAAC and Dr. Storey have created a collaborative learning environment for practitioners across Alberta. These sessions support continuous knowledge exchange and skill development, with a particular focus on innovative accommodations for victims and the unique needs of Indigenous and rural communities.
Dr. Storey has partnered with Futures Without violence (FUTURES) to bring knowledge of risks for older adult mistreatment to the courtroom.
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What is FUTURES?
FUTURS is a prominent health and social justice nonprofit in the United States. It is dedicated to dedicated to ending violence against women, children, and families through high-quality and innovative education programs, public campaigns and policy work.
How are we partnering?
FUTURES runs interactive, informative and research-informed training for judges across the USA covering a range of topics. Dr. Storey contributes to this program through specialized training on elder abuse, equipping judges with knowledge of the HOPE (Harm to Older Persons Evaluation). Her sessions highlight how risk factors for elder abuse can be identified and interpreted in the courtroom, and how this evidence-based understanding can inform judicial decision-making, including sentencing and protective measures.
FUTURES and Dr. Storey are also collaborating on a new initiative focused on identifying protective factors against older adult mistreatment. Protective factors—characteristics at the individual, community, or societal level that help prevent abuse or mitigate its impact—remain significantly underexplored in existing research. The work will collect data and translated into practical, evidence-based guidance for practitioners, policymakers, and communities, providing actionable strategies to strengthen prevention efforts and meaningfully improve the safety and well-being of older adults.