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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... responsibility to make legal , health , or financial decisions for the victim , or persons who have a fiduciary or legal responsibility for a victim . In many of these situations , the victim is unaware the abuse or financial ...
... responsibility is to protect the public and ensure that the laws are obeyed . Officers investigate violations of the law and make arrests when sufficient evidence is found . They also seek judi- cial approval for arrest and search ...
... responsibility of a single person . If cases are accepted by other law enforcement agencies at the state or federal ... responsibilities of law enforcement and , subsequently , the other functions within the criminal justice system ...