Protecting victims of elder financial exploitation: The role of an Elder Abuse Forensic Center in referring victims for conservatorship

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 790-798

  Gassoumis, Zachary D ^a   Navarro, Adria E ^b   Wilber, Kathleen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elder abuse intervention; Elder mistreatment; Guardianship; Multidisciplinary team

Indexed keywords

AGED; CALIFORNIA; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LEGAL GUARDIAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; LEGAL GUARDIANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOS ANGELES; MALE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84930819524     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2014.962011     Document Type: Article

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