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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... failure ; kidney failure ; and osteoarthritis . Any disease , such as cancer , that progressively robs the individual of strength or results in malnutri- tion leads to increased vulnerability . Both dementia and depression are ...
... failure to fulfill any part of a per- son's obligations or duties to an elder . Neglect may also include failure of a person who has fiduciary responsibilities to provide care for an elder ( e.g. , pay for necessary home care services ) ...
... Failure to meet at regularly scheduled dates and times may result in excessive absenteeism . Failure to train and orient new team members may lead to role confusion and decreased team efficiency . Failure to con- tinuously update and ...