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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... living family member was a nephew , Roger , who held his power of attorney for finances and health care . James was ... living conditions or arrangements ( e.g. , improper wir- ing , no heat , or no running water ) Unsanitary and unclean ...
... living facility . Now that she was able to hear again , Bertha participated enthusiastically in social interaction . And Joan , who was no longer depressed , became active once again in her church community . EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS ...
... living alone and with no living children , and 256 ELDER ABUSE DETECTION AND INTERVENTION Need for Strategic Initiatives.