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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... discussed which rooms might be more dangerous if Leroy were trying to escape from abuse , such as the kitchen where knives were present . Leroy said that if he were in danger he could call 911 if he could get to a phone . The worker ...
... discussed previously demonstrate several situations where memoranda of understanding , protocols , or policies could improve the response to older victims . One example is the case of Rosa and Juanita Costilla , in which a 92 - year ...
... discussed for decades . Over the years , numerous recommendations have been made on ways to overcome the problems discussed previously . Those recommendations have usually been offered as part of broader research agendas ( to avoid ...