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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... present for a long time , especially in cases of domestic violence that has been occurring for many years . Listed in Table 4.1 are possible behav- ioral indicators of abuse by potential victims and abusers . Most or all of the ...
... Present as a " difficult " client Have vague , chronic , nonspecific complaints An Abuser May Minimize or deny the victim's injuries or complaints Attempt to convince others that the victim is incompetent or crazy Blame the victim for ...
... present ethical conflicts . For ex- ample , suppose a measurable outcome to be tested is whether , as a result of their participation on the team , law enforcement made more arrests , those arrests resulted in more prosecutions , and ...