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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... addition , they did not agree on the appropriate role of the criminal justice system in addressing abuse . These differences make collaboration difficult . If professionals are ill - informed about the extent of victimization and the ...
... addition , safety planning is a fluid process . Life circumstances change for the victim and the abuser . Safety plans need regular updating to remain current ( National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life & Wisconsin Coalition Against ...
... addition to training about the other systems with which they should or do collaborate . Or the workers in multiple systems may need training about new developments related to elder abuse , such as new statutes or research identifying ...