Elder Abuse Fatality Review Teams: A Replication Manual
By Lori Stiegel. Elder abuse fatality review teams review deaths resulting from or related to elder abuse to learn about and improve the responses of adult protective services, health care providers, law enforcement officers, prosecutors, victim assistance providers, and others to elder abuse victims. This replication manual raises the issues and challenges that a developing or ongoing team may face and shares ideas for addressing them that have been used by existing elder abuse, child abuse, or domestic violence fatality review teams. It discusses potential sources of funding for these teams. Additionally, it provides examples and analyses of key documents prepared by elder abuse fatality review teams, such as mission statements; memoranda of understanding, policies and procedures, or protocols; confidentiality forms; and data collection forms.

A limited number of print copies are available for free to state or community agencies that are (1) interested in establishing an elder abuse fatality review team and (2) unable to download a copy from the Internet. To request a copy, please provide your name, agency, address, phone number, e-mail address, and your reason for needing a print copy to the ABA Commission on Law and Aging at 740 15th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20005, (202) 662-8690, or aging@americanbar.org. Technical assistance on team development is available from Lori Stiegel, Senior Attorney, (202) 662-8692 or lori.stiegel@americanbar.org. 201 pp. 2006. Online/Free. ISBN 1-59031-538-3/Product code A2237.

The Judicial System's Role in Cases Involving Elder Abuse

Elder Abuse and the State Courts: Three Curricula for Judges and Court Staff
This document contains three curricula and a conferees’ manual. By Lori Stiegel (1997).

State Judicial Educators and other program planners can use the curricula to guide the development of general and specialized seminars for judges with civil, probate, criminal, or family court jurisdiction and of a related general seminar for court staff. They can use the conferees' manual as a resource for faculty members and as a handout for seminar participants.
Faculty members can use the curricula to guide their planning for and presentations at general and specialized seminars for judges with civil, probate, criminal, or family court jurisdiction and related general seminars for court staff. They can also use the conferees' manual as their primary resource document for their presentations. After the program, they may also use the manual as a freestanding deskbook or reference manual.
Program participants can use the conferees' manual as a resource document during the elder abuse program and as a freestanding deskbook or reference manual after the program.

Recommended Guidelines for State Courts Handling Cases Involving Elder Abuse
In 1995, the Commission published Recommended Guidelines for State Courts Handling Cases Involving Elder Abuse, resulting from a nationwide research project funded by the State Justice Institute. Although the print document is no longer available, the report remains pertinent. Please visit the Elder Abuse Resources page to download the Guidelines publication.

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