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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... require signing up on waiting lists that are several years long . If the victim was receiving care from the abuser , it may be difficult to find a quality caregiver . These and other problems create insurmountable setbacks for victims ...
... Require and monitor testing for substance abuse Ensure that counseling and treatment programs are attended Return to custody or court for suspected violations Require perpetrators to report regularly Supervise collection and regular ...
... require training of various disciplines about elder abuse , because without mandates such training may not occur . Enhancing or enacting civil and criminal statutes on elder abuse could encourage civil lawyers . and prosecutors to ...