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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... FORMS OF ELDER ABUSE Regardless of the relationship between the victim and the abuser , many of the forms of abuse are similar . Specific legal definitions describing forms of abuse vary from state to state . In general , the seven main ...
... FORMS OF ELDER ABUSE OCCUR Consent Before discussing the dynamics of sexual abuse and financial exploita- tion , it is important to address the issue of consent , as it significantly impacts both of those forms of abuse . The legal 44 ...
... forms of abuse coexist . The cases illustrate possible scenarios for each form of abuse . Each section also describes which individuals or professionals might be most likely to notice each form of abuse , as well as some com- mon signs ...