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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... Victim Safety Through Collaboration Elder Abuse Can Lead to Serious Harm or Death Case Illustration A Collaborative Model for Holding Abusers Accountable Law Enforcement Conclusion Systems Review and Change Through Multidisciplinary ...
... abuse are increasing. Victims encounter multiple systems, and they are best served when professionals from these systems work together. It is the responsibility of these professionals to work collaboratively to enhance victim safety ...
... safety of older victims. Advocates cannot make arrests. Prosecutors cannot ... victim safety and to hold abusers accountable. The co-authors of this book ... victim safety through collaboration. We agreed on an outline and a target ...
... victim. Some elder abuse is a crime that calls for a response from ... safety and well-being. This book helps professionals and others to better understand the dynamics of elder abuse and methods that 4 ELDER ABUSE DETECTION AND INTERVENTION.
... safety of elders by providing a comprehensive range of services to ... victim of undue influence or has diminished capacity. Law enforcement ... victim advocates to form specialized interdisciplinary geriatric assessment and intervention ...
Contents
59 | |
COLLABORATION | 101 |
ACCOMPLISHING THE WORK | 173 |
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? | 253 |
APPENDIX A | 279 |
REFERENCES | 283 |
INDEX | 295 |