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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A Collaborative Approach Bonnie Brandl. Financial or Material Exploitation Financial or material exploitation is defined as the illegal or improper use of an elder's funds , property , or assets . Examples include , but are not limited ...
... exploitation of elders was labeled " the crime of the ' 90s " ( The old being increasingly bilked , 1991 ) . From 1994 to 2000 , the amount of financial exploitation reported to APS increased by 61 % ( Otto , 2002 ) . Financial abuse of ...
... Exploitation Examples of Financial Exploitation Anita and TJ lived together for 43 years . TJ had been an elder on the tribal council for the past five years . Two years ago , their youngest son , Marlin , moved in with them after his ...