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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 52
... funding and programming through the Social Services Block Grant ( SSBG ) pro- gram and the Older Americans Act . Social Service Block Grant funds are used to support APS agencies in less than half of the states nationwide . The Older ...
... funding include convincing one of the par- ticipating agencies to provide staffing from within its ranks or to seek permanent funding within its own budget process . Alternatively , the team may need to employ fundraisers or grant ...
... funding for elder abuse intervention programs and research , and expanding efforts to protect victim safety and hold perpetrators accountable . These strategies also might include : Advocating for social change Improving services and ...