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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... interviews with older people , victims of abuse , and people with disabilities require skill , patience , and ... interview , out of view and earshot of the abuser , is generally most effective . Questions to elicit information from an ...
A Collaborative Approach Bonnie Brandl. ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVE INTERVIEWING Cultural , generational , and other values may impact the quality of the interview and the information that is gathered . Members of some cul- tural ...
... interview protocols were developed and special child interview centers were established ( DeVoe & Faller , 2002 ) . Instead of multiple interviews , a team com- posed of law enforcement , health care , prosecution , and child protec ...