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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... indicators of abuse by potential victims and abusers . Most or all of the indicators need not be present for abuse to be occurring . One or two indicators may warrant further questioning and investigation . Some vic- tims will not ...
... INDICATORS OF ELDER ABUSE Investigators often learn of elder abuse long after it has occurred , making a comprehensive investigation difficult . Situations of possible abuse must be identified and reported promptly to law enforcement ...
... indicators of strangulation include neck pain , soreness , tiny scratch marks or dots ( petechial hemorrhages ) from ... indicators include changes in breathing , voice , and swallowing . Less common indicators are restlessness and ...