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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... indicating that APS may serve persons who have a disease or physical condition , such as mental retardation , cerebral ... indicated that they were not afraid of their partner and had not changed their lives ( e.g. , given up a job or ...
... indicated that Leroy drank daily at the brewery before coming home . The challenge the doctor faced was determining ... indicate malnutrition , possibly due to or exacerbated by his drinking . Depression is another consequence of ...
... indicates through its presentation of the historical con- text of elder abuse , much progress has occurred in the ... indicating that elder abuse increases the risk of mortal- ity ( Lachs , Williams , O'Brien , Pillemer , & Charlson ...