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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... result in some members feeling excluded from the process . Failure to meet at regularly scheduled dates and times may result in excessive absenteeism . Failure to train and orient new team members may lead to role confusion and ...
... result of their work In addition , the team produced an annual report , conducted in- formational seminars , produced a public service announcement , and created and distributed a brochure on financial exploitation . As a result , the ...
... result of abuse , and perhaps the reason he began drinking . His rib fractures could have been caused by blunt trauma , such as the result of being pushed down the stairs . Additional blood work could help clarify the extent of his ...