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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... person who takes on the responsibility of caring for or making decisions for an older person uses that position of power to abuse , neglect , or exploit the elder . A victim of elder abuse may have greater needs than a victim of crime ...
... person's signature ; misusing or stealing an older person's money or possessions ; coercing or deceiving an older person into signing any document ( e.g. , contracts or will ) ; and the improper use of conservatorship , guardianship ...
... persons required to carry a firearm as a condition of employment . Qualified orders restrain a person " from harassing , stalking , or threatening an intimate partner of such person or child of such intimate partner or person , or engag ...