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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... behavior by him- self . The most likely indicator of these situations is a marked and sudden change in the aggressor's behavior . Typologies of Elder Abusers Dr. Holly Ramsey - Klawsnik identified a typology of elder abuse offenders in ...
... behavior may be due to unusual metabolic reactions to glucose in the brain ( Saxena et al . , 2004 ) . Other theories to explain self - neglecting behavior are that these individuals are trying to maintain continuity in their perception ...
... behaviors on the chart , yet still are being harmed . Often there is a correlation between the victim's behavior and that of the perpetrator . If any of the behavioral or other signs are present from either column of Table 4.1 , it is ...