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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... older . The majority of state APS programs serve vulnerable adults ages 18–59 in ad- dition to people over 60. Because many states do not collect separate data on abuse victims age 60 and older , it is not possible to determine age ...
... older than age 60 in the United States . This is an additional 3.7 million people or 12 % increase since 1990. Nearly 1 in 8 persons ( 12.4 % ) of the population is at least 65 years old . By 2030 , the numbers of older Americans will ...
... older . Some states enhance criminal penalties for crimes commit- ted against a person who is age 65 or older . This text refers to persons over the age of 60 as elders because that is the age used by the federal Older Americans Act to ...