Our Aging Population: Promoting Empowerment, Preventing Victimization, andImplementing Coordinated Interventions

摘要

Hundreds of policymakers and practitioners representing public safety, socialservices, health care, and advocacy assembled in Washington, D.C., October 3031, 2000, for a rare opportunity to share information across disciplines about innovative ideas and programs to enhance efforts to prevent, reduce, and respond to the crime victimization of older people throughout the country. The symposium was framed around three topical themes: financial exploitation and consumer fraud, elder abuse and neglect at home, and institutional abuse and neglect. Each topic was addressed in a plenary session and a number of associated workshops focusing on promising approaches featuring strong collaborations between the public safety and social services disciplines. This is the report of that meeting.