Assessment in Adult Protective Services: Do Multidisciplinary Teams Make a Difference?

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-38

  Ernst, Joy Swanson ^a   Smith, Charles A ^b  

^a HOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Montgomery County Health and Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult Protective Services; assessment; cost effectiveness; elder mistreatment; multidisciplinary teams

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELDER ABUSE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MARYLAND; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 84862960277     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2011.626842     Document Type: Article

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