Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-293) and index.
SECTION ONE: UNDERSTANDING ELDER ABUSE: Historical context -- Defining elder abuse -- Dynamics of elder abuse -- SECTION TWO: RESPONDING TO ELDER ABUSE: Identification and reporting -- Systemic responses to elder abuse -- SECTION THREE: COLLABORATION: Collaborative efforts: benefits and obstacles -- Effective interventions and informal collaborations -- Team processes -- SECTION FOUR: ACCOMPLISHING THE WORK: The work of a case management team -- Enhancing victim safety through collaboration -- A collaborative model for holding abusers accountable -- Systems review and change through multidisciplinary collaborations -- SECTION FIVE: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? : Strategies to end elder abuse -- Appendix A: Timeline of significant national events in the elder abuse field.
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PRESERVING 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:.: Establishing a collaborative description of elder abuse history.; Identifying the criteria for the reportin.
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