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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... civil actions and remedies have either not been used , or not recognized or classified as elder abuse cases . Most civil legal deci- sions and verdicts are not documented in case law reports and therefore do not become a part of the ...
... civil lawsuits on behalf of their clients . TABLE 5.3 Primary Activities / Functions of the Civil Justice System Civil Justice · • • • • • • • • Identify cases where guardianship or conservatorship is needed Ask the court to declare ...
... civil justice systems that will secure assets , promote victim safety , and hold the offender accountable . The civil justice system also plays a role in offender accountability . Civil at- torneys representing abused or exploited ...