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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... involving elders with or without accompa- nying disabilities . The case criteria must address what kind of cases will be managed , the types of abuse and interventions , the setting in which the abuse occurred , and logistics concerning ...
... involving suspected criminal behavior . That approach limited them to assessing a situation , determining if a criminal act had occurred , and initiating an action based on the officer's findings . The determination of whether or not a ...
... involve elder abuse , there are no known court systems that collect data on these cases . Indeed , many court systems do not even distinguish in their data collection between cases involving guardianships of minors and guardianships of ...