Elder Abuse Detection and Intervention: A Collaborative ApproachPRESERVING A LIFE OF PEACE AND DIGNITY FOR THE AGING This ground-breaking volume offers a new, collaborative approach geared to enhance case review, improve victim safety, raise abuser accountability, and promote system change. Sharing the common goal of promoting elder victim safety, experts in adult protective services, law enforcement, prosecution, health care, advocacy, and civil justice have formed a unique, multidisciplinary team approach to tackle the following critical topics:
As the aging population continues to grow, so does the potential for increasing cases of elder abuse. Replete with case examples that allow the experiences of victims to speak for themselves, this book provides the framework to begin, and to build on, collaborative approaches at the local, state, and national levels toward ending elder abuse. |
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... accountability . Understanding how accountability supports safety and an improved quality of life is important . One of the goals of a collaborative system is to hold the of- fender accountable for his actions . This affords greater ...
... accountable . Pro- tective services , victim advocates , attorneys , and others who can provide the necessary support systems that enhance victim's safety and possibly restore the victim to a previously nonvictimized state , all have a ...
... accountable . The civil justice system also plays a role in offender accountability . Civil at- torneys representing abused or exploited clients can file lawsuits against perpetrators for civil damages , recovery of assets and medical ...