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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... identifying and using effective interventions . Professionals will respond to elder abuse based on the framework they ... identified and expands the number of victims who may be misassessed . Elder abuse is multifac- eted and there are ...
A Collaborative Approach Bonnie Brandl. CHAPTER FOUR Identification and Reporting How are elder abuse cases identified so that victims can receive assis- tance and perpetrators can be held accountable ? A few older people ask for help ...
... identified Each of these steps is discussed next in more detail . Identifying Whether the Systems Are Meeting the Needs of Victims Systems review begins by assessing whether elder abuse victims ' needs are being met by the systems ...