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The Illinois elder abuse system — program description and administrative findings
Author(s)	Anne Victoria Neale, Melanie A Hwalek, Carolyn Stahl Goodrich, Kathleen M Quinn
Journal title	The Gerontologist, vol 36, no 4, August 1996
Pages	pp 502-511
Keywords	Elder abuse ; Neglect [care] ; The Family ; Social Services Departments ; Management [care] ; Evaluation ; United States of America.
Annotation	The Illinois statewide elder abuse social service programme is unusual in its comprehensive approach to the assessment and documentation of reported cases of abuse and its extensive monitoring system. Descriptive information on the number and types of cases of elder abuse reported to the system are presented, along with information on the amount of social work time and administrative effort spent on substantiating abuse reports and providing services. Financial exploitation, emotional abuse, and neglect were the most common types reported. Emotional abuse was the most frequently substantiated. The main reasons for case closures were: victim entered long-term care; or the workers' assessment was that the victim was not at risk from future abuse. A detailed description of the comprehensive assessment and substantiation process is provided.
Accession Number	CPA-970522009 A
Classmark	QNT: QNR: SJ: PF: QA: 4C: 7T
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