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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... Elderly , the Clearinghouse on Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly at the University of Delaware , the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse , and the Institute on Aging in San Francisco . Lachs et al . study finds that ...
... Elderly and Disabled , 2 ( 1 ) , 1–2 . Cote , M. ( 2002 , March ) . A matter of trust and respect . CAMagazine.com . Retrieved July 28 , 2004 , from http://www.camagazine.com/index.cfm/ci_id/6798/la_id/1.htm Crawford v . Washington ...
... Elderly and Disabled , 6 ( 5 ) , 65–78 . Heisler , C. J. , & Brandl , B. ( 2002a ) . Agency policy considerations and training issues for victim and worker safety . Victimization of the Elderly and Disabled , 5 ( 1 ) , 1–16 . Heisler ...