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 the likeli- hood of more effective decision making ( Nerenberg , 2003 ) . With more systems able to ... increased knowledge of , and access to , available options , joint work effort , and streamlined tasks . Procedures ...
... increased funding and legislative advocacy . Legislative advocacy and increased funding are needed to foster research and improve data collection . The need for multiple strategies can be a boon to multidisciplinary collaboration . In ...
... increased resources for its own benefit . As Chapter 1 indicates through its presentation of the historical con- text of elder abuse , much progress has occurred in the last 10 years . Nonetheless , many of the positive changes have ...