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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... client's problem . The second principle is that competent legal services cannot be provided unless a client discloses all pertinent information . Toward that end , lawyers must maintain client confidentiality , protect privileged ...
... clients who sought out their services but , ow- ing to the confidential nature of their relationship with their client and a prevailing philosophy of empowering clients through support and pro- viding options that the client selected ...
... client in the home , thereby avoiding multiple visits , as well as increasing the safety of the client / patient and each participating professional . Table 9.1 outlines the types of information that the various disci- plines derive ...