This Elder Justice Initiative (EJI) webinar will discuss the findings from the 2025 National Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) Listening Sessions and the 2025 National Elder Abuse MDT Needs Assessment Survey. Key takeaways from both reports will be presented, and the audience will be engaged to provide feedback on the findings and refine and prioritize planned educational offerings and materials. In addition to highlighting MDT needs, there will be a discussion about promising practices and novel ideas that teams currently employ to meet their clients’ unique needs.

Presenter: Talitha Guinn-Shaver is the executive director of ReGenerations Aging Services and serves as the MDT technical advisor for the Elder Justice Initiative at the U.S. Department of Justice. Her experience with MDTs includes her prior role as director of the Elder Abuse Prevention Program at the Institute on Aging, where she served as the director of the San Francisco Elder Abuse Forensic Center and chair of the San Francisco Elder Abuse MDT. She has also participated in other MDT models, including serving on the San Francisco Elder Death Review Team and the Hoarding and Cluttering Task Force. She has also proudly assisted the National Center on Elder Abuse with elder abuse projects as a consultant and has collaborated with the New York City Elder Abuse Center.