The article focuses on the works and achievements of the Vulnerable Adult Links United (VALU), a group of volunteers from local agencies aiming to prevent adult abuse. It mentions that the participants i...
Substantiated cases of elder self-neglect have been reported to be more common than either elder abuse or neglect. It is a problem that often requires the active involvement of a whole range of health, social, housing, police and voluntary agencies. The ways in which these various agencies ...
South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX This project, funded by NIJ, examined the role of state agencies in detecting, investigating, resolving, and preventing elder abuse in residential care and assisted living facilities (RCFs).We sought to identify "smart practices" and ...
Agencies target elder abuse: Law enforcement, state agency to join forces for effortGEORGE GANNON
Elder abuse up in state ; Funding falls short for service agencies REGIONJennifer Fenn Lefferts
SUBSTANCE abuseABUSE of older peopleVICTIM psychologySOCIAL workersRESEARCH fundingINCOMEGOVERNMENT agenciesVictims' low income and perpetrators' alcohol/substance abuse problems should be considered as factors associated with elder re-abuse. This study provides additional knowledge on elder re-abuse and ...
The survey provided data on the structure of those agency activities which are intended to prevent elder abuse and on the perceptions of key decision makers with regard to the status of current efforts to prevent abuse. In addition, relationships between the population characteristics of planning ...
Substantiated cases of elder self-neglect have been reported to be more common than either elder abuse or neglect. It is a problem that often requires the active involvement of a whole range of health, social, housing, police and voluntary agencies. The ways in which these various agencies ...