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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... officers focusing specifically on elder abuse exist in Cook County , Illinois ( Chicago ) , Hillsborough County , Florida ( Tampa ) , and the state of Louisiana . Louisiana has legislation that requires the designation of an elder abuse ...
... officers supervise persons admitted to probation by vari- ous courts . Parole officers supervise persons who have completed periods of incarceration ordered by state and federal courts and who must also demonstrate their ability to live ...
... officer took Arthur away for a while , but did not refer Mildred to a domestic violence or APS program . This case illustrates the benefit of having protocols to ensure that law enforcement officers provide a victim with information ...