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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... effective interventions and collaborations , as well as guiding principles , are discussed . INFORMAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESPONSES Informal collaborative efforts develop for a variety of reasons . Several professionals often begin ...
... EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS THROUGH COLLABORATION As illustrated in the previous case , numerous professionals encountered the victims and the offender . By working together , they enhanced victim safety and shared resources and knowledge ...
... effective responses to elder abuse victims . Informal responses are most effective when professionals operate from similar guiding principles and maintain their roles and responsibili- ties . In some cases , informal collaborations ...