This session explores how multidisciplinary teams navigate client capacity issues. Presenters discuss common capacity diagnoses among older adults and explain the difference between a capacity assessment and cognitive screening. Participants will be able to identify tools and techniques utilized by…
The Elder Justice Toolkit is a resource created by the National Center on Law & Elder Rights. It contains practical information on civil legal remedies, practice tips, and sample pleadings for attorneys seeking protection and redress for their clients who…
The Senior Abuse Financial Tracking and Accounting (SAFTA) toolkit was developed to provide law enforcement with a simplified tool for investigating suspicious financial patterns and prosecuting cases of elder financial exploitation. The toolkit includes the SAFTA tool (an Excel macro-enabled…
Funders are often interested in how effective your program has been in meeting its goals and diminishing risk for older adults. This webinar covers techniques and processes to capture service plan outcomes (successes and failures), understand the impact of case…
Through an interactive case scenario, discussion takes place on the unique role prosecutors can play in forging connections with law enforcement and allied partners on an E-MDT. Information is shared on how to recognize the components of an unrelated case…
This session covers establishing ethical practices and interventions in a hospital setting within the context of elder abuse. Participants will gain an understanding of the least restrictive measures taken in a hospital setting and the ethics process. Presented by: Alyssa…
This session explores the role of forensic accountants in E-MDT practice and within the broader context of elder abuse. Coverage also includes locating a forensic accountant, an engagement process, and how the case referral process could work. Presented by: Karen…
This webinar makes the case for the value of quality data collection and the barriers to optimizing the process. It also offers strategies for sustainability, specifically addressing the ways MDTs (Multidisciplinary Teams) can work toward a sustainable database/data system. Presented…
This session covers the impact of new scams on elderly populations. Coverage at this session includes key concepts around financial scams and investigates emerging trends in financial scams and techniques. Additionally, participants explore strategies for responding to emerging trends in…
This session covers prosecutors’ roles in elder abuse investigations, in the court system, and on E-MDTs. Coverage includes strategies for better engaging and utilizing prosecutors on E-MDTs and emerging restorative practice approaches in prosecution. Presented by: Tara Patet, JD, senior…
This interactive “office hour” features panelists who will share their thoughts on capturing client outcomes, team effectiveness, program evaluation, and building a process to support these evaluations. Presented by: Julia Margaret Rowan, Postdoctoral Scholar, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology;…
This webinar covers different types of civil attorneys, how their expertise differs from other legal professionals, and what civil legal expertise can add to E-MDT discussions and elder abuse responses. Presented by: Deena Schwartz, Elder Abuse Enhanced Multidisciplinary Team (EMDT)…