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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... Ombudsman Additional Agencies That May Offer Useful Services for Elder Abuse Victims Conclusion SECTION THREE: COLLABORATION Collaborative Efforts: Benefits and Obstacles Overview Historical Perspective Collaborative and ...
... no single national entity collects and analyzes elder abuse data from the various sources. Existing data are compiled from state APS programs, state Long-Term Care Ombudsman, regulatory agencies, and state Medicaid xiii Introduction.
... Ombudsman, regulatory agencies, and state Medicaid Fraud Control Units. One method used to determine the extent of the problem has been to look at data collected by APS agencies, because in most states, they are the primary responders ...
... Ombudsman Programs dealt with institutional abuse. This distinction was logical in the early days, when the perception was that family members committed domestic elder abuse and facilities staff committed institutional abuse. As the ...
... ombudsman, criminal justice, and civil justice systems are necessary. But assistance from the domestic violence or sexual assault systems is also appropriate. The victim in a nursing home needs the help those systems can provide as much ...
Contents
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COLLABORATION | 101 |
ACCOMPLISHING THE WORK | 173 |
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? | 253 |
APPENDIX A | 279 |
REFERENCES | 283 |
INDEX | 295 |