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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... elder abuse and methods that promote a collaborative response. Chapter 1 lays the groundwork for a collaborative approach by providing a brief history of the elder abuse field. HISTORICAL CONTEXT Family violence and sexual abuse ...
... elder abuse. In sharp contrast, the federal government spends $520 million on programs combating violence against women and $6.7 billion on child abuse prevention efforts. Of the $153.3 million spent directly on elder ... response to older ...
... respond to older victims. Adult Protective Services/Elder Abuse Agencies APS is the principal public source of first response to reports of elder and vulnerable adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation. (The definition of vulnerable adult ...
... elder abuse were made, few prosecutions were initiated. Adding to the limited response, there was little training provided to criminal justice professionals on the investigation and prosecution of elder abuse cases. When victims ...
... elder abuse. Decisions relating to guardianships and conservatorships are not categorized as elder abuse cases. Other ... Response to Elder Abuse The medical response to elder abuse has been slow in coming. From the late 1970s, when ...
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 |