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Strategies and Training to Advance Greater Elder Safety (STAGES) Pilot Curriculum

NCJ Number
309249
Author(s)
Date Published
September 2019
Length
64 pages
Annotation

This document provides the contents of a post-event final program for the Strategies and Training to Advance Greater Elder Safety, revised pilot curriculum for judges, court staff, and community partners.

Abstract

This document provides the contents of the program for Strategies and Training to Advance Greater Elder Safety (STAGES), pilot program. The program’s learning objectives include: to recognize financial exploitation against older adults, other forms of abuse that may co-occur, and how age can increase vulnerability; to collaborate within the court and with community partners to enhance practices and protocols to provide fair, efficient, accessible services for older adults; to identify and define legal, medical, and financial instruments and terminology that may arise in cases involving financial exploitation and elder abuse; and
to assess opportunities for improvement in court practices and policies and to commence planning to meet the needs of older adults who have experienced financial exploitation and abuse. The document includes a listing of materials needed, and program agenda. The contents also provide an Abuse in Later Life Wheel; DeLucia Case Study; normal aging vs. abuse; undue influence wheel/Lamb Case; leadership quotes; worksheet on leadership; the Kevin Glass Case Study; and action planning. It also provides meeting agenda topics; contents of slides; detailed learning objectives; problem solving activities; case study instructions, descriptions, and contents; action planning worksheets, and more

Date Published: September 1, 2019