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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... contact with her. Although Gladys acknowledged that the sexual contact was occurring, she did not want it reported. Her son-in-law had told her that he would hurt her daughter (his wife) if she did not consent. Trying to protect her ...
... contact law enforcement because of past negative experiences. As they make decisions about staying with or leaving their partner, they may encounter legal and financial barriers, such as the lack of rights to a pension or Social ...
... law enforcement, Adult Protective Services (APS), or an advocacy ... contact with the older person, such as a banker, home health nurse, Meals-on ... contact a domestic violence or sexual assault program for services. Persons living in ...
... law enforcement. While she was in the hospital, her adult son visited her regularly. Staff described him as “creepy ... contact and the shame and fear victims often face. Health care professionals are those most likely to identify sexual ...
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Contents
59 | |
COLLABORATION | 101 |
ACCOMPLISHING THE WORK | 173 |
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? | 253 |
APPENDIX A | 279 |
REFERENCES | 283 |
INDEX | 295 |