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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... lack of interest or cooperation from prosecutors in bringing cases of elder abuse to court " ( Blakely & Dolan , 2000 , p . 87 ) . Dolon and Hen- dricks ( 1989 ) found that police did not rank social service providers as useful , but ...
... lack of understanding of the goals and roles of other disciplines . Accordingly , the review of systems ... lack of accessibility to certain services for persons with disabilities , the lack of public transportation to available services ...
... lack of prospective data , ( 6 ) lack of control groups , and ( 7 ) lack of systematic evaluation studies " ( Bonnie & Wallace , 2003 , p . 2 ) . Two of the seven reasons cited for these problems by the panel of experts were : “ little ...