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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... Sexual Assault Programs Long Term Care Ombudsman Additional Agencies That May Offer Useful Services for Elder Abuse Victims Conclusion SECTION THREE: COLLABORATION Collaborative Efforts: Benefits and Obstacles Overview Historical ...
... sexual assault organizations. Many older adults are turning to the civil justice system for remedies to abuse. The increase in numbers of older victims seeking help raises the question: how many elders are being abused? Unfortunately ...
... sexual assault programs. Although we recognize that facilities have legal responsibilities to protect their residents from abuse, we believe that the types of abuse committed and the types of perpetrators who commit them should ...
... sexual assault and abuse (National Center on Elder Abuse, 1998). Seniors are told they are stupid or crazy, a common form of emotional abuse. Caregivers may neglect elders, leading to serious illness, harm, or death. Some older people ...
... sexual abuse, including abuse of older people, has been described in the literature for centuries. However, the naming and identification of child abuse, domestic violence, elder abuse, sexual assault, and abuse against people with ...
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 |