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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... federal protective services for elderly and disabled victims of abuse, exploitation, and neglect. Ms. Otto has published articles in Victimization of the Elderly and Disabled, Generations, and the Public Policy and Aging Report. She has ...
... federal response was initiated with the introduction of the Elder Justice Act by Senators Breaux and Hatch (Breaux & Hatch, 2002). The Act ... federal spending on abuse. “The federal government spends Historical Context 5 Historical Context.
... federal spending on abuse. “The federal government spends $153.5 million on programs directly addressing issues of elder abuse. In sharp contrast, the federal government spends $520 million on programs combating violence against women ...
... federal direction on this issue, many states continued to adopt their own statutes for providing APS, which were usually delivered by state or local social service agencies (Otto, 2000). As state laws evolved, definitions became ...
... federal levels. The number of personal injury lawsuits for nursing home abuse has exploded, and it is now common to see lawyers specializing in nursing home abuse cases. Medicaid Fraud Control Units have been established in almost every ...
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 |