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Elder abuse detection and intervention : a collaborative approach /

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 ad...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Brandl, Bonnie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Springer, ©2007.
Colección:Springer series on ethics, law, and aging.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.