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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A Collaborative Approach Bonnie Brandl. Self - Neglect Self - neglect is defined as an adult's inability , due to physical or men- tal impairment or diminished capacity , to perform essential self - care tasks including : ( a ) obtaining ...
... self - neglect among older adults . Affected individuals can suffer from malnutrition , develop chronic health problems , acquire unintentional injuries , become depressed , neglect their health care needs , and isolate themselves from ...
... Self - Neglect In most states , situations of self - neglect should be reported to APS . There are APS programs in every state and most communities . In situations of self - neglect , it is likely that the self - neglecting person will ...