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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... sample method interviewing more than 2,000 older adults in Boston , estimated that between 701,000 and 1,093,560 older Americans are vic- tims of abuse each year ( Pillemer & Finklehor , 1988 ) . These figures lead to estimates that 32 ...
... sample safety planning tool for persons working with someone with a cognitive disabil- ity is available from the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life , a project of the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence , on the Web ...
... sampling and identifying elder abuse victims in the community to improve occurrence estimates ; and ( 5 ) new study sampling and detection methods to measure the occurrence of elder abuse Strategies to End Elder Abuse 273.