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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 45
... TYPES OF COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS Collaborations are formed for a variety of reasons . Some are formed to determine gaps in service . An example is a fatality review team . Others , such as coordinating councils or task forces , form to ...
... type of team in which it is critical to have significant participa- tion by the medical examiner or coroner . Fatality review teams generally develop and issue recommendations calling for ... Types ( continued ) Collaborative Efforts 111.
... Types of Teams Type of Team Coordinated Community Coalition Disciplines Involved Adult protective services · Aging services • Law - criminal , civil • Court • Faith community • Nursing • Long - term care ombudsmen • Social work Code ...