Alyssa Elman, Sarah Cox, Elaine Gottesman, Seth Herman, Avery Kirshner, Sarah Tietz, Amy Shaw, David Hancock, E-Shien Chang, Daniel Baek, Elizabeth Bloemen, Sunday Clark, Tony Rosen
The emergency department and hospital provide a unique and important opportunity to identify elder mistreatment and offer intervention. To help manage these complex cases, multi-disciplinary response teams have been launched. In developing these teams, it quickly became clear that social workers play a critical role in responding to elder mistreatment. Their unique skillset allows them to establish close connections with community resources, collaborate with various hospital stakeholders, support patients/families/caregivers through challenging situations, navigate the legal and protective systems, and balance patient safety and quality of life in disposition decision-making...
September 10, 2023: Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect