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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... family members may also engage in abusive behaviors . In some instances , the family member is providing care for the older person . In other situa- tions , the older person is healthy and competent , and it is the family mem- ber who ...
... family squabble . We don't want to know anything or get involved . ( Brandl ... members ; when there is abuse , they may not want to act against deeply ... family member ( whether they are here legally or illegally ) . In some cases , an ...
... family member , friend , or neighbor , reports the abuse . Sometimes the report is made by a professional who has regular contact with the older person , such as a banker , home health nurse , Meals - on - Wheels volunteer , beautician ...