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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... problem has been to look at data collected by APS agencies , because in most states , they are the primary responders to cases of elder abuse and abuse against vulnerable adults . For instance , the report titled The 2004 Survey of ...
... problem , foster better understanding and recognition of the problem , and support the development and implementation of effec- tive interventions . Numerous recommendations for research have been developed by multidisciplinary groups ...
... problem ( Wolf , 1999a ) . Fostering Better Understanding and Recognition of the Problem Experts from various disciplines have repeatedly urged that research be conducted on the nature and consequences of elder abuse . Such research ...