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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... understanding for the many late din- ners , lost weekends , and interrupted vacations . I also owe a great debt to the memory of my mother , Bertha Buckley Brown , who , through her own social work practice , set such high standards ...
... Understanding of court orders • Understanding of actions for lawsuits • Suspicious behavior and criminal conduct • Information about neighborhood , e.g. , " drug infested " • Photos of victim / patient / client ( continued ) PHASE III ...
... Understanding , Protocols , and Policies The systems review process may well demonstrate that participants would benefit from developing written statements about their respective roles and how will they relate to each other in serving ...