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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... increasing . From 1986 to 1996 , there was a steady increase in the reporting of domestic elder and vulner- able adult abuse nationwide , from 117,000 reports in 1986 to 293,000 reports in 1996. " This figure represents an increase of ...
... increase from 4.2 million in 2000 to 8.9 million in 2030 ( U.S. Census Bureau , 2004 ) . Seniors are more likely to ... increase to 25.4 % by 2030. Between 1999 and 2030 , some populations will increase more significantly than others ...
... increase in referrals of 20 % . Law enforce- ment received the cases earlier in the process and was able to iden- tify those that previously were never treated as crimes . Banks were now reporting suspicious conduct , something they had ...