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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... serving the population . Deciding which one or ones should serve on the team can be difficult ( Nerenberg , 2003 ) . Possible ... serve , then recruiting retired professionals , such as law enforcement , financial planners and managers ...
... serve clients with or without existing medical coverage ? Will the team serve clients where the elder does not currently require medical treatment ? Will the team consider all forms of abuse , neglect , and exploita- tion , or only ...
... serve victims . A case discussed earlier in the book to illustrate how systems respond to elder abuse victims also demonstrates the need for training the work- ers in those systems . When Pearl , an 80 - year - old woman with dementia ...