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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... approach that will be described and promoted throughout the remainder of this book . Some highlights of multidisciplinary approaches to elder abuse are described in this section . Wisconsin , Oregon , Texas , and Louisiana have ...
A Collaborative Approach Bonnie Brandl. CHALLENGES RELATING TO HISTORICAL DISTRUST AND POOR PRIOR INTERACTIONS As more ... approach is viewed as " helping " or " caring " to alleviate abuse , ne- glect , and exploitation , the criminal ...
... approach , in which the role of law enforcement has expanded from controlling crime to supporting community building . Law enforce- ment has traditionally focused only on those events involving suspected criminal behavior . That approach ...