Resource
Topic Material Type Title Author Summary Length
APS WyGEC NAPSA
Definitions of elder abuse and neglect, causes and
manifestations of abuse through conversations with
Video The Hidden Sorrow
victims and health care staff, and professionals in the
24 minutes
elder abuse field. Provides effective insight into aging.
Examines four actual cases of elder abuse. Social
Workers discuss intervention strategies, including
In Pursuit of a Life conduction assessments, developing service plans,
Video
Without Violence coordination community services, affecting use of the
26 minutes
legal system, and building trusting relationships with
clients.
Focuses on one specific case of elder abuse. A
Difficult Choices: Caseworker, lawyer, and other elder abuse
Video Ethical Issues in professionals discuss the civil rights of clients and 20 minutes
Casework explore issues of self-determination, legal
competency, and quality of life
A documentary training videotape and accompanying
guidebook, covering a series of five topics designed to
help law enforcement personnel incorporate victim
assistance into their everyday work.
The five topics are:
Video In Crime's Wake
1. Making a Difference on Patrol 13 minutes
2. Domestic Violence: Escaping Abuse 13 minutes
3. Sexual Assault: Listening to Survivors 10 minutes
4. Elder Abuse: Hidden from View 11 minutes
5. It Can Happen to Anyone 07 minutes
Elder Abuse:
Detection and Reporting A Training Tape for Home
Video Detection and
Health Personnel
13 minutes
Reporting
Alzheimer's Assoc.
Video
Safe Return
Police Training video for roll call and other briefings 10 minutes
Elder Abuse: Five Five abused victims, telling their story. Intervention
Video
Case Studies
Woodson, C. 1993
efforts illustrated throughout the video.
40 minutes
Portrays elder abuse in the institutional setting. A
single abusive incident is presented from the
Video Incident Report
perspectives of the resident, nurse, complaint
24 minutes
investigator and administrator.
Video Lucy Is Still Here Drama exploring dynamics of Exploitation 33 minutes
Program portrays the reality of elder abuse through
Video I Grow Old the stories of five elderly people who have 30 minutes
experienced it.
Designed to involve the community in the prevention
of abuse, neglect and exploitation of vulnerable
adults. Aimed at raising public awareness gives an
Not Forgotton
Video
(Texas)
verview of APS services and 17 minutes
abuse/neglect/exploitation issues by sharing 4 stories
about elderly victims of financial exploitation,
domestic violence, neglect and self-neglect
Identifies abuse as well as neglect in both private and
Video Unheard Cries (TN) public settings and institutions and its goal is a "call to 13 minutes
action".
No One Should Have
Video
to Live With Abuse
Caregivers who abuse (Oregon) 8 minutes
The Victimization of
Video
Barbara White
An Eldercrime victim's powerful story 15 minutes
Follows over a period of seven years the case of
Video I'd Rather Be Home Norman, an older man repeatedly abused by one of 30 minutes
his adult sons.
Shows ways to identify the various forms of financial
Financial Exploitation abuse of older adults by sales people, service
Video
of the Elderly providers and by family members or friends. Also
25 minutes
shows how to prevent such abuse.
Addresses elder abuse in the elder's family home and
Care giving series:
Healing Arts is designed for home health agencies, hospices,
Video Elder Abuse &
Communications community service agencies and others who train
29 minutes
Neglect
professional and family caregivers.
Wellness, acknowledging and diffusing difficult
Caregiving Series: emotions, goal setting and action planning, exercises
Video
Caregiver Wellness for relaxation and renewal, role of respite and
32 minutes
caregiver support.
Elder Physical & Part 1: Describes medical signs and symptoms in
Video Sexual Abuse: The CDAA detail and how to collect and document evidence in 1 hour 5 minutes
Medical Piece elder abuse investigations.
Part 2: Explores interviewing, multidisciplinary
Video
approaches and prosecution strategies.
1 hour 6 minutes
A Safer Place,
Profiles two older adults who have been abused.
Recognizing and Illinois Department
Video
of Aging
Daughter speaks about how she abused her mother
Coping with Elder
(caregiver stress), MDT.
Abuse
89 year old rape victim escapes her attacker who is
Video Rape in a Small Town later offered and accepts a plea bargain without the 73 minutes
victim's involvment or consent.
Defines Alzheimer's Disease and its effects and
Alzheimer's Disease:
teaches communication techniques that can bring a
Video How to
higher quality of life both to the person who has the
30 minuets
Communicate
disease and to the caregiver.
Defines the complexitiies of elder abuse and the
Elder Abuse and different forms of abuse: physical, sexual, neglect, self-
Video
Neglect
29 minutes
neglect, emotional or psychological, financial and
abandonment.
Compulsive hoarding may be linked to obsessive
28 minutes
Video Packrat compulsive disorder. Video looks at what we know of
52 minutes
causes and progression of this disorder.
Financial Abuse of People we know and those we do not know who prey
Video
Seniors upon seniors.
17 minutes
Aging I: Meeting Greg Monaco, Jim
Video
Basic Needs Smith 1992
Aging II: Living with Greg Monaco, Jim
Video
Dignity Smith 1997
Community Supports
Janicki, Ansello
Language for Aging Adults with
2000
Lifelong Disabilities
To make things easy, simple do-it-yourself home
Greenstein, Doreen
Book Easy Things to Make
1997
modifications for older people and others with
physical limitations.
Elder Abuse
Detection and
Book Intervention: A Brandl, Bonnie 2007
Collaborative
Approach
Elder Care Made
Easier: Doctor
Book Marion's 10 Steps Somers, M. 2006
Give You Hope in a
Time of Crisis
End of Life Care:
Bridging Disability
Gaventa, W. &
Book and Aging with
Coulter, D. 2005
Person-Centered
Care
IMO Productions
Video F.A.S.T.
2002
Financial Abuse Specialist Team
Status of Women
Family Violence Council of the
Book
Prevention Kit Northwest
Territories 1992
Book Video Fred's Story 1996
It Shouldn't Be This
Book Way: The Failure of Kane, R. 2005
Long-term Care
Late Life Depression: Dartmouth-
Video Depression in the Hitchcock Medical
Elderly Center 2004
Life Course
Perspectives on Seltzer, M., Krauss,
Language
Adulthood and Old M., Janicki, M. 1994
Age
Medicare Matters:
What Geriatric
Medicine can Teach
Book
American Health
Cassel, C. 2007
Care, with a New
Preface
Meeting the Needs
and Challenges of At-
Book
risk, Two-generation,
Davis, S. 1994
Elderly Families
Mental Health,
Davisdson, P.,
Intellectual
Language
Disabilities and the
Prascher, V., Janicki,
M. 2003
Aging Process
Older Adults with
Book Developmental Lavin, C. 1999
Disabilities
Residence Options
Book for Older and Lawrence, F. 2008
Disabled Clients
Service Delivery to
Rural Older Adults Goins, R., Krout, J.
Book
2006
Research Policy &
Practice
American
Staying at Home: A
Association of
Language Guide to Long-term
Retired Persons
Care and Housing
1998
Straight Talk about
Dementia: A
Video 2006
Caregiver's
Perspective
The Way Home:
Video Finding Your Place in Martin, J. 2001
the Golden Years
Vision Loss in an
Aging Society: A Crews, J. and Frank,
Book
J. 2000
Multidisciplinary
Perspective
When People with
Book Developmental 1990
Disabilities Age
Words in My Hands:
A Teacher, A Defa-
Book blind, An Chambers, D. 2005
Unforgettable
Journey
This statewide APS training folder includes an agenda,
speakers' biographies, training evaluation forms, a list
of videos for law enforcement training, worksheets
Colorado Adult for police, APS and probate investigators and a few
Conducting APS
PDF
Investigations
Protective Services, additional handouts. Three workshop PowerPoint 76 pages, 1 document
Nov. 2003 printouts include 1) Documenting investigative
findings and preparing for court, 2) Multidisciplinary
approach to elder mistreatment investigations, and 3)
CAPS data at-a-glance.
Conference folder outlining a 2-day series of 24
training sessions. The conference, "Mirror into the
Future: Protecting Vulnerable Adults," was aimed at
NY State Children &
addressing adult abuse and neglect, enhancing the
Family Services, NY
10th Annual NY State skills and knowledge of professionals, and assessing
Office for the Aging,
Interdisciplinary future criticla needs. The folder includes the training
PDF
Training Institute on
Brookedale Center
agenda, brief summaries of workshop sessions and
70 pages, 1 document
on Aging and
Adult Abuse presenters, a New York State-specific discussion
Hunter College,
paper, registration forms, a participatn list, a resource
October 2003
list of the leading national organizations involved in
elder abuse prevention and a few workshop
handouts.
Multidisciplinary training manual about ethical
concepts. Is a companion piece for a 1995 publication
in Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, but is a useful
resource in itself. Seven modules include ethical
Elder Mistreatment:
National Committee conetps and issues, dilemmas and ethical decision-
Ethical Issues,
for the Prevention making in the following topic areas: APS, Long-Term
PDF Dilemmas, and
of Edler Abuse, Care Ambudsman Services, Legal, Medical, Mental
Binder, 1 document
Decision-making
NCEA, 1998 Health, Case Management and Communicative Ethics.
(trainers manual)
Appendices include the codified ethical principles of a
variety of relevant professions, an ethical frameowrk
and diagnostic for difficult situations, and a half day
ethics workshop agenda.
A Basic Guide to
Section titles include: overview, guardianship,
Understanding
Colorado Dept. of conservatorship, power of attorney, medical advance
Guardianship,
Human Services for directives, representative payee, abuse of authority,
Conservatorship,
County APS resources for further information. Each section
PDF Powers of Attorney,
Caseworkers and presents definitions, describes procedures involved
163 pages, 2 documents
Medical Advance
Supervisors (including changing and termination), along with
Directives and
October, 2003 relevant statutes. Intended as a supplement to legal
Representatives
consultation.
Payeeship
CDAA Elder Physical Two-part video featuring nationally recognized
California District
and Sexual Abuse: medical, prosecution and social services experts
Video
The Medical Piece
Attorneys
addressing evidence-based prosection, and medical
2 hours of video
Association 2003
(Parts I & II) signs and symptoms of abuse.
Oklahoma Adult
New Worker Protective Services,
PDF
Academy 2004 Aging Services
840 pages, 7 documents
Division, 2004
CO Division of
Insurance, CO
Video aimed at helping seniors identify types of
Coalition for Edler
scams, recognize fraud situations, and know what to
Senior Security: Rights and Adult
do if they are victimized. Experts diccuss why seniors
Video Avoiding Scans and Protection, Denver
are vulnerable, common characteristics of con artists,
29 minutes
Fraud in Colorado DA's Office, Kaiser
types of fraud, the importance of reporting crimes,
Permanente,
adn resources for victims. Handouts available.
Denver TRIAD
2001
One-day training offers an overview of the
intersection of aging and alcohol problems, explores
Adressing Alcohol APS Training
family and caregigving issues and discusses methods
PDF Problems in Elderly Institute - Rutgers
of intervention. Material includes articles,
18 pages
Clients University, 1997
descriptions of indicators and effects of heavy
drinking and assessment tools.
One-day training developed to provide workers with
information that will assist them in recognizing
potential risk factors as well as guidelines to
APS Training
Health and Safety safeguard them in the home setting. Though the
PDF
Issues in APS
Institute - Rutgers
agenda for this training as presented is more
11 pages, 1 document
University, 1999
comprehensive, materials donated to the library
include only informational handouts on standard
precautions, tuberculosis, Hepatitis B and HIV/AIDS.
APS Training
Understanding
PDF
Family Dynamics
Institute - Rutgers 17 pages, 1 document
University, 1997
One-day training offers identifies ethical theories and
principals that will help participants in managing
APS Training ehtical dilemmas in clinical practice. Material includes
PDF Ethics in Action Institute - Rutgers analysis of ethical standards, a conflict mode index 26 pages, 1 document
University, 1999 tool, mediation and dispute resolution strategies, an
article, consultation guidelines, a simulation and case
study exercise.
Training offers an in-depth look at a range of
personality disorders. Material includes discussions
APS Training
Advanced Worker of the associated problems faced by social workers,
PDF
Training
Institute - Rutgers
various therapeutic approaches dependent on the
24 pages, 1 document
University, 2001
type of disorder and tips for managing difficult
behaviors.
This training offers an overview of case management
Working with Blind APS Training with blind and visually impaired clients. Material
PDF and Visually Institute - Rutgers includes vignettes and guidelines for assessment and 25 pages, 1 document
Impaired Clients University, 2004 intervention, a functional vision screening tool and a
resource list.
Training includes definitions, descriptions, and
discussion of the distress and impairment caused by
Hoarding Behavior: APS Training
hoarding behavior of older adults. An obsessive-
PDF From Clutter to Institute - Rutgers
compulsive rating scale, assessment tools, tips for
23 pages, 1 document
Chaos University, 2004
working with older adult hoarders and an article on
the subject are included.
This folder of materials contains an assortment of
handouts used over time for a variety of training
Utah Adult purposes by the Utah APS Division of Aging & Adult
Protective Services Services. Content areas include APS philosphy, values
Utah Certification
Word Documents Division of Aging and ethics; domestic violence; writing/documentation
Training
and Adult Services, skills; healthy and unhealthy aging indicators; legal
2003 issues and working with law enforcement; diversity;
interviewing skills; assessment; local collaborator and
county agency contacts; and case scenarios.
Includes a review of "Elder Abuse Case Worker
Training" sections on ethical issues, victim capacity,
guardianship, legal tools and going to Court. An
accompanying Forms Booklet contains forms,
Elder Abuse and
information and instructions for health/mental
Neglect Program: Illinois Department
PDF
Caseworker Training of Aging, 2003
health, guardianship, domestic violence, financial 207 pages, 4 documents
exploitation and legal issues. The accompanying
Phase II
"Elder Abuse and Neglect Program: Caseworker
Training Phase II Trainer's Guidebook," NAPSA library
ID#84 includes step-by-step instructions for this
curriculum.
Informational material detailing Elder Abuse and
Neglect Program standards and procedures. Material
includes in-depth information on administration, case
Elder Abuse and planning and intervention practices, documentation
Neglect Program: Illinois Department requirements, legal issues, and so forth. Also
PDF
Standards and on Aging, 2002 included are a variety of relevant forms with
700 pages, 4 documents
Procedures Manual instructions. This manual was developed specifically
for the Illinois Dept. on Aging and Elder Abuse
Provider Agencies, though much of the information
may be useful to other states.
Material covers APS screening and referral
Oklahoma State
Taking Adult procedures; assessing activities of daily living (ADL)
Office of Adult
PowerPoint Protective Services
Protective Services,
capacity; dynamics and types of elder abuse and 21 slides
Referrals warning signs. Also included are a unit quiz and
2004
training evaluation form.
Oklahoma State Material covers ethical issues in APS relevant to staff
Office of Adult roles and responsibilities, caseworker principles and
PowerPoint Ethical Issues in APS
Protective Services, client rights. Includes seven different case examples
33 slides
2004 and a training evaluation form.
This workshop discusses the aging process and
Oklahoma State addresses working with special populations in APS,
Speical Populations Office of Adult including culturally diverse, developmentally disabled,
PowerPoint
in APS Protective Services, mentally ill and substance abuser populations.
15 slides
2004 Material oncultural competence is more developed
while other topics are in brief outline format.
Training material contains basic facts about finanical
exploitation. Information includes: 1) issues
Oklahoma State
Investigating and particularly relevant to caretakers, 2) indicators, 3)
Office of Adult
PowerPoint Documenting
Protective Services,
risk factors, 4) perpetrator characteristics and 27 slides
Exploitation behaivors, and 5) inverstigation goals and procedures.
2004
Material also included a case example for discussion,
a quiz and training evaluation form.
Training material contains answers to commonly
Oklahoma State asked questions, offers definitions of capacity and
Assessing Capacity to Office of Adult undue influence. Looks at conditions impacting
PowerPoint
Consent Protective Services, capacity, assessment issues and related law and
23 slides
2004 policy. Material includes several case examples for
discussion, a short quiz and training evaluation form.
Training covers assessing the value and reliability of
Oklahoma State
informatino, discusses the substantiation process and
Substantiating APS Office of Adult
Powerpoint
Investigations Protective Services,
offers tools and guidance for systematic decision- 16 slides
making. Material includes a case scenario for
2004
discussion, a quiz and training evaluation form.
Oklahoma State Training considers what constitutes an "emergency"
Office of Adult and discusses response priorities and conditions for
PowerPoint Emergencies in APS
Protective Services, immediate threats to life. Material includes five case
13 slides
2004 examples, a quiz and training evaluation form.
Training provides definitions, indicators, and
descriptions of self-neglect; and discusses Activities of
Oklahoma State
Daily Living (ADL), capacity to consent, and other
Self-Neglect: People Office of Adult
PowerPoint
on the Edge Protective Services,
ethical dilemmas. Materials offer guidelines for APS 30 slides
service planning for self-neglect cases, and
2004
assessment tools. Case study profiles, a quiz, and a
training evaluation form are included as well.
The How's and Why's
Training offers in-depth information related to the
of Due Process,
Oklahoma State Protective Services for Vulnerable Adults Act and
Evidence, and Going
Office of Adult related laws. Material discusses due process, and
PowerPoint to Court under the
Protective Services, provides legal definitions for such things as neglect,
46 slides
Protective Services
2004 sexual abuse and financial exploitation. A quiz and
for Vulnerable Adults
training evaluation form are included.
Act
Training covers abuse indicators, investigative
Oklahoma State
protocols, victim and perpetrator characteristics, and
Investigating Abuse Office of Adult
PowerPoint
and Neglect Protective Services,
intervention options. jMaterial also offers perpetrator 34 slides
interviewing guidelines and a discussion of shame.
2004
Training evaluation form included.
APS new worker training on case documentation
Oklahoma State contrains documentation guidelines, professional
Documenting APS Office of Adult standards, observational categories, evidentiary and
PowerPoint 29 slides
Cases Protective Services, treatment considerations. A case study to practice
2004 documentation skills and a training evaluation form
are also included.
Training covers definitions and myths around sexual
abuse, indicators, perpetrator characteristics, family
Oklahoma State
Introduction to dynamics, barriers to reporting, consent issues, and
Office of Adult
PowerPoint Sexual Abuse
Protective Services,
other legal considerations. Material includes 42 slides
Investigations guidelines for building a sex abuse investigation, as
2004
well as techniques for interview victims, non-
offending family members and perpetrators.
Training covers definitions, indicators, criteria and
Oklahoma State tools used to determine the existence and extent of
Identifying and
Office of Adult verbal abuse. Investigative tips and intervention
PowerPoint Investigating Verbal
Protective Services, strategies are emphasized. A bibliography and list of
40 slides
Abuse
2004 useful website are also provided, along with a training
evaluation form.
Training describes APS service goals and components,
Oklahoma State and provides guidelines for developing a successful
Service Planning for Office of Adult service plan. Material discusses keys to working with
PowerPoint
APS Protective Services, neglect, abuse and exploitation victims and
22 slides
2004 perpetrators, case documentation and service
options. Quiz and training evaluation form included.
Ethical issues covered include: gauging capacity,
Ethical and Legal Wyoming State considering key definitions (i.e. safety, justice). Good
PowerPoint Issues and Standards Office of Adult discussion of autonomy and varying levels of 74 slides
of Practice Protective Services restriction. Includes practical guidelines as well as
case studies.
Explains prevalence and controversial nature of self-
Wyoming State neglect in APS. Describes indicators, causes, APS
PowerPoint APS Self-Neglect Office of Adult practice guidelines. Discusses capacity screening and 72 slides
Protective Services action plan possibilities. Stresses the client's right to
self-determination.
Defines terms: vulnerable adult, self-neglect, capacity
to consent, verbal and physical abuse, exploitation,
Vulnerable Adult Wyoming State
abandonment. Also explains risk factors, barriers to
PowerPoint Abuse/Neglect Office of Adult
detection. Provides brief listing of APS services
60 slides
Awareness Training Protective Services
available to vulnerable adults. Discusses duty to
report and immunity, how to report.
Crime of the '90's:
The Financial Wyoming State
PowerPoint Exploitation of Infirm Office of Adult 62 slides
Adults, Particularly Protective Services
the Elderly
Defines and discusses the different types and
prevalence of elder abuse as well as the role and
Elder Abuse and responsibility of APS agencies. It ocnsiders causes and
Brandt Chvirko,
Neglect: Current predictors of abuse, examines profiles of victims and
PowerPoint
Research and
Administration on
abusers, and additionally considers cultural barriers to
37 slides
Aging, 2004
Practice reporting and inverstigating elder abuse. Presentation
also rferences a companion video, "The Hidden
Sorrow."
Training guidebook for training intended to bring
Building a Coalition
people together to form coalitions against domestic
to Combat Domestic Wisconsin Coalition
violence later in life. Guidebook discusses purpose of
PDF Abuse in Later Life: Against Domestic
training, keys to success and how to use the training
170 pages, 1 document
Planning and Violence, 2003
guide, including objectives, agenda, descriptions of
Training Guide
activities, talking points and timing.
Goal is to increase awareness of mandatory reporting
Elder Abuse, Neglect requirements and improve communication between
Florida Dept. of
and Exploitation professionals and abuse hotline. First half provides all
PowerPoint
Training for
Children and
necessary definitions of terms, such as vulnerable
27 slides
Families, 2003
Professionals adult, abuse, exploitation, etc. Second half explains
the FL hotline procedures.
Anticipate: Interactive training to enhance the safety planning
Identifying Victim Wisconsin Coalition skills of professionals working with older victims
PDF Strengths and Against Domestic and/or people with disabilities. Training was created 46 pages
Planning for Safety Violence, 2003 to facilitate dialogue across disciplines. Complete
Concerns materials available from NCALL for $40.
Training material offers a review of the Adult
Adult
Alabama Adult Protective Services Act, and an elementary overview
PowerPoint Abuse/Neglect/Explo
Protective Services of abuse, neglect and exploitation issues including
34 slides
itation
definitions, indicators and photographs.
Comprehensive training material includes training
orientation, outline, four modules with pre/post
tests, training evaluations and final exam. Four
modules cover 1) overview of APS population,
New APS Social Las Angeles County
policies, porcedures, ethics, and legal issues; 2)
PDF Worker Core Adult Protective
worker safety, cultural sensitivity, time and stress
25 pages, 1 document
Training outline Services, 2003
management, other public programs for clients; 3)
mental health, scuidie, developmental disabilities,
conservatorship, domestic violence, substance abuse;
4) financial abuse and the criminal justice system.
Training material covers essential information
Alabama Adult
PowerPoint Worker Safety
Protective Services
regarding worker safety, including predicting and 15 slides
dealing with violence and action plans.
Basic guidelines for preparing for court, including tips
Alabama Adult
PowerPoint Preparing for Court
Protective Services
for filing a petition, the hearing, demeanor in the 18 slides
courtroom and testimony.
Mateirial consists of a PowerPoint presentation and
Utah Adult
word document handouts covering how to handle
Protective Services
Intake Training 2003: intake calls, appropriate attitude and behavior,
PDF
Just a Call Away
Division of Aging
listening skills and building relationships. Training
45 pages, 1 document
and Adult Services,
includes quizzes, exercises and summary sheets of key
2003
points.
The material describes a pilot training program
Loss Management: intended to raise awareness and train financial center
Elder Fraud and Wachovia staff to identify, prevent and report suspected cases
PDF
Abuse Prevention Corporation, 2004 of financial exploitation. The material includes pilot
6 pages, 1 document
Program training program history, training content outine and
pilot project results.
Training describes the components of an APS
Oklahoma State
investigation process and defines differences
The Investigative Office of Adult
PowerPoint
Process Protective Services,
between an investigation on self-neglect and an 11 slides
investigation on caretaker abuse or neglect. A quiz
2004
and training evaluation are included.
Material covers elder abuse supervisor leadership
skills and worker motivation. Also discusses
Elder Abuse and
Illinois Department supervisor responsibilities such as interviewing and
PDF Neglect Supervisor
on Aging training new staff, day-t-day activities such as billing,
20 pages
Training
assigning cases and monitoring quality assurance.
Additionally, some legal issues are covered.
Material consists of two booklets: a handbook for
participants and a trainer's guide. Trainer's guidebook
comes with instructions for activities, key points and
substantial background information for each segment
Elder Abuse and
of the training. Participant handbook includes
Neglect Program Illinois Department
PDF
Recertification on Aging
objectives, agenda, handouts, sample forms and 362 pages, 2 documents
worksheets. Content reviewed includes the Elder
Training
Abuse and Neglect Act, assessing victim risk, cross-
cultural communication, interviewing skills, case
planning and maintaining APS worker's own
emotional well-being.
This program was developed by the Illinois State Traid
and its member organizations in conjunction with the
banking industry. Its purpose is to train banking
personnel in identifying situations in which seniors
B SAFE: Bankers and are being financially exploited. Bankers, especially
Seniors Against Illinois Department tellers, are in a unique position to help prevent and 29 pages & 10 minute
PDF/Video
Financial Exploitation on Aging, 2001 stop financial exploitation since many crimes and video
Training Manual frauds involving frinancial exploitation or anuse start
or end at the bank. The messages are equally
important for seniors. Therefore, the materials in
Section Three are adapted for presentation to
seniors.
Booklet contains written text of the Elder Abuse and
Neglect Act, Code of Criminal Procedures of 1963,
Elder Abuse Neglect Illinois Department Code of Civil Procedures, Probate Act of 1975, and
PDF 30 pages
Act and Related Laws on Aging, 2003 Power of Attorney Act of 1987. Material is aimed at
and contains a list of mandated reporters, and Illinois
elder abuse agencies listed by county.
Aimed at raising awareness and informing
professionals of their responsibility to report elder
Reporting Edler
abuse. The material contains elder abuse definitions,
Abuse: What Illinois Department
PDF
Professionals Need on Aging, 2003
indicators and reporting information. Legal issues 18 pages
such as testifying requirements and protection for
to Know
reporters also discussed. Material includes list of
elder abuse agencies in Illinois by county.
This manual, specific to Wisconsin systems and
statutes is intended for professionals in the APS, elder
Creating Safer Wisconsin
abuse and animal protection fields to expand their
Communities for Department of
PDF
Older Adults and Family Services,
working knowledgeo f the roles of companion 156 pages, 1 document
animals in patterns of abuse, exploitation and self-
Companion Animals 2003
neglect. Also included is a flyer describing the video
"Animal Hoarding: A Community Task Force"
This is a comprehensive APS worker training program
APS Training APS Training for new APS workers in New Jersey. Topics include
PDF Institute: Basic Institute, Rutgers neglect, intake, gaining access, financial exploitation, 415 pages, 3 documents
Worker Training University 2003 interviewing skills, medical aspects of abuse and
neglect, legal issues, etc.
Abuse, Neglect and Maine Bureau of
16 pages, 24 minute
PDF/Video Exploitation in Elder and Adult
video
Licensed Facilities Services, 2001
Michelle Haddock,
Elder Abuse
PowerPoint
Investigations
Riverside County 175 slides
APS
This collection of materials includes a learning tool
titled "Twenty Questions," that addresses case
Arizona Aging and
planning and family-centered casework, lists of core
Ariona APS Core Adult
PDF
Training Administration,
competencies in various areas of APS, and materials 50 pages, 1 document
that discuss adult learning theory. A brochure listing
2000
course topic and content areas for the Arizona APS
Training Program also included.
This material describes an elder abuse prevention
Manual for
campaign developed to reach three target audiences
Implementing Elder
in Pennsylvania: African-American, Hispanic and rural
Abuse Prevention
Pennsylvania elderly. It contains documentation of the
Media Campaigns for 79 pages, 1 document &
PDF/Video
Special Audiences:
Corporation for development of activities that created the media and
3 minute video
Aging, 1996 outreach effort. Designed to provide a framework for
African American,
other communities that may decide to use all or part
Hispanic, and Rural
of teh "Honor and Respect" campaign to reach special
Elderly
populations and show the developmental process.
The stated goal of this training is to "enhance the
Oregon Department ability for quick and effective communication
Nip It In the Bud:
of Human between residents and/or their advocates and
Communicating to
Resources, Senior nursing facility staff when care problems arise so as to
PDF Prevent Care
and Disabled prevent the situation from escalating into abuse."
43 pages, 1 document
Problems in Nursing
Services Division, Other topics include selecting a facility, role of the
Facilities
1998 family, outlining care expectations, care planning and
effective patient advocacy.
Designed to educate community about problems
Texas Department
Adult Abuse faced by elderly and disabled adults. Discusses adult
PDF
Prevention Kit
of Family and
abuse and how to prevent it. Available in spanish or
32 pages, 1 document
Protective Services
english.
This item entitled "Blended Learning for APS in-home
Skills Training" is a CD for a web-based training
program, meant to accompany on the job training.
Three modules on the CD. First module describes
Texas Department blended learning, distance learning and technology-
BLAS Web-Based of Family and based training. Second module covers teh APS in-
PDF
Curriculum Protective Services, home policy handbook, client population, ANE and
3 modules on CD
2004 investigation entities. Another module details APS
services, service planning and delivery, intake, needs
assessment, investigation, emergency services, public
and private resources, legal intervention, referrals to
guardianship and exit strategies.
Community
Response to
Video Terra Nova Films
Vulnerable Adult
Abuse
When Help There
Video Was: Four Stories of Terra Nova Films
Edler Abuse
Video The Golden Years Terra Nova Films
Serving the Victim of
Elder Abuse: A
Video
Multidisciplinary
Terra Nova Films
Team Approach
Charting New
Waters: Responding
Video to Violence Against Terra Nova Films
Women and
Disabilities
Video Breaking Point Terra Nova Films
Institutional Abuse:
Video Everyone's Terra Nova Films
Responsibility
Competence with
Compassion: An
Video Abuse Prevention Terra Nova Films
Training Program for
Long Term Care Staff
Video In Your Hands Terra Nova Films
Video A Safer Place Terra Nova Films
Illustrates via scenarios, visual descriptions and
Oregon Department interview the factors contributing to elder abuse in
of Human American Indian Communities and presenting ideas
Restoring the Sacred
Video
Circle
Resources, Senior on addressing the problems through a 30 minutes
and Disabled multidisciplinary effort. Accompanying material,
Services Division "Sample Tribal Abuse Training Manual" is also vailable
through NAPSA library.
The Multi-
disciplinary Team in Jean Craig, MSN,
PowerPoint Action: Risk 2006 RN, CNS & Lloydel PPT
Assessment and Roesch, MFT
Intervention
Interview Techniques
and Considerations
PowerPoint for Victims with Scott J. Modell, PhD 1 PPT
Developmental
Disabilities
Learning from Holly Ramsey-
PowerPoint
Victims Klawsnik, Ph.D.
PPT
The Case of Verbalee
T: Defining Elder
abuse and Jane Raymond and
PDF
Applications of the Linda Dawson
PDF (3 documents)
Power and Control
Wheel
Creating a Virtual
Forensic Center:
Mary Counihan,
Word Documents Providing Expert
MSW
Word Document
Consultations and
Assessments
Domestic Violence: A Chuck Diviney, MC,
PowerPoint
Clinical Perspective LPC
1 PPT
High-Tech Evidence
PowerPoint
in Court
Michael Fermin 1 PPT
Where Angels Fear
to Tread: APS Susan Castaño,
PowerPoint
Worker Safety in the MSW, LCSW
1 PPT
Field
BITS Fraud
Protection Tool Kit:
PowerPoint Collaboration Joseph Snyder, MA 1 PPT
Between APS and the
Financial Industry
Ageism and
Kim R. Hubbard,
Word Documents Protectionism:
Esq.
1 Word document
Walking the Line
Ageism and
Kim R. Hubbard,
Word Documents Protectionism:
Esq.
1 Word document
Walking the Line
We Are Not Bill
PDF Patricia Stanis, Ph.D. 3 PDF documents
Collectors
Reaching Within: The
Nyla A. McCarthy,
PowerPoint APS Journey Into
MSW, RMT
3 PPT documents
Ethics and Values
Interview Techniques
PowerPoint
and Disability Abuse
Scott J. Modell, PhD 1 PPT
Decision Support
PDF Systems for Adult Mark Sellers 1 PDF
Protective Services
Effective
Investigation and
Arlene M.
PDF Prosecution of
Markarian, Esq.
1 PDF
Domestic Elder
Abuse Cases
DANGER ZONE:
Assessing When Carol Dayton,
PDF
Caregiving Becomes ACSW, LISW
1 PDF
Harmful
Is It Abuse, Or Are
They 'Just
Old'?Laura
Mosqueda, MD, and
Arlene Groh, RN,
Gerlyn Glidden,
PowerPoint
LCSW
and Det. Michael 1 PPT
Payne
Evolution of the
Restorative Justice
Approaches to Elder
Abuse Project"
Bernardine Brooks,
MPS, LSW, Susan
Transforming Silos
PowerPoint
into Bridges
Goodwyn, MSW, 1 PPT
and Sylvia Pla-Raith,
MA, LSW
Holly Ramsey-
Klawsnik, PhD, and
PowerPoint APS Supervision Skills 1 PPT
Joanne M. Otto,
MSW
Laura Giles, MSG,
The Archstone EAN Lori
PowerPoint Initiative: Innovative Delagrammatikas, 1 PPT
Educational Products MSW, and Betty
Malks, MSW
Serving Disabled
Victims of Domestic Heidi Galleone,
PDF
Violence and Sexual LMSW
1 PDF
Assault
Power of Attorney
Abuse: New Legal
PowerPoint
and Legislative
Lori A. Stiegel, JD 1 PPT
Remedies
Oregon Department
of Human
Restoring the Sacred
Video
Circle
Resources, Senior 30 minutes
and Disabled
Services Division
What's Age Got to
Do With It?
Terra Nova Films
Companion video to "Restoring the Sacred Circle:
Responding to Elder Abuse in American Indian
Oregon Department
Communities," a video that is also available through
of Human
Roll Call: Elder Abuse the NAPSA library. Illustrates via several scenarios the
Video
- Gary Farmer
Resources, Senior
various types of abuse. Directed toward Tribal law
14 minutes
and Disabled
enforcement officers, but useful for anyone working
Services Division
with American Indian communities. Emphasizes
writing a report and contacting APS.
Oregon Department
Roll Call: Elder Abuse of Human Essentially the same as "Roll Call Elder Abuse",
Video - For Law Resources, Senior however, has a different host and slightly different 14 minutes
Enforcement and Disabled script. Intended for law enforcement.
Services Division
Oregon Department
A revealing and moving description of her ordeal by a
of Human
The Victimization of 90 year old victim of physical assault, robbery and
Video
Barbara White
Resources, Senior
kidnapping. Also describes the reactions of the bank,
14 minutes
and Disabled
criminal justice system and her relatives.
Services Division
Two videos and accompanying manuals. Set 1
Oregon Department illustrates via several scenarios how bank employees
Preventing Elder
of Human can recognize, respond to and report possible
Financial
Video
Exploitation: How
Resources, Senior financial exploitation. Set 2 illustrates how banks can 32 minutes
and Disabled conduct educational seminars for older persons in
Banks Can Help
Services Division their communties regarding how to avoid
victimization.
Oregon Department
Illustrates via scenarios examples of abusive behavior
of Human
A Helping Hand for by caregivers of adults with disabilities and describes
Video
Caregivers
Resources, Senior
warning signs for which caregivers can be on the
20 minutes
and Disabled
lookout.
Services Division
Oregon Department
Illustrates via scenarios examples of abusive behavior
of Human
Nobody Should Have by caregivers of older persons (one scene with
Video
to Live with Abuse
Resources, Senior
younger persons with disabilities) in different settings.
10 minutes
and Disabled
Discusses contributing factors.
Services Division
The overall goal of this training is to increase
awareness of mandatory reporting requirements and
to improve communication between professionals in
the service delivery environment. It includes Abuse
Hotline information that is specific to Floriday and
Florida Department
Elder Abuse, Neglect, more generally applicable information about hotline
of Elder Affairs,
and Exploitation: protocols. Learning objectives include recognizing
PDF
Training for
Florida Department
indicators of abuse, neglect and exploitation;
55 pages (1 document)
of Children and
Professionals understanding mandatory reporting' identifying and
Families, 2004
defining key terms in Hotline reporting;
understanding hotline protocols and procedural
requirements to faster complete accurate reports;
and understanding the importance of confidnetiality
before, during and after a report is made.
Call to Action for
Responding to Paper presents suggestions for establishing and
The It's My Right
PDF Violence and Abuse
Coalition
coordinating system of services to prevent and 15 pages (1 document)
Against People with respond to abuse of people with disabilities.
Disabilities
Booklet was produced by the International
Association of Chiefs of Police as a resource for victim
service professionals who have recently entered the
Backing the Badge: law enforcement arena, community-based advocates
International
Working Effectively who law enforcement agencies and those considering
PDF
with Law
Association of
a victim service career within the field of law
8 pages (1 document)
Chiefs of Police
Enforcement enforcement. Introduces terms, concepts and
practices associated with law enforcement and was
created to offer victim service professionals basic
information on working with law enforcement.
Project catalogued and analyzed the 327 calls
County Welfare
A Day in the Life of received by California APS offices on March 5, 2004.
Directors
PDF Adult Protective
Association of
Purpose was to educate the reader about types of 51 pages (1 document)
Services clients served by APS, the array of calls received and
California, 2004
the complexity of issues involved.
This article presents a cross-disability review of the
A Cross-Disability common elements of person-directed services;
In Press, Journal of
Analysis of Person- describes three primary types of models- personal
PDF
Directed Long-Term
Disability Policy
assistance services, brokered support and cash and
40 pages (1 document)
Studies
Services counseling; and summarizes the research evidence
related to their efficacy.
Multimedia curriculum created to promote
community partnerships in combatting elder sexual
abuse. Goal is to ensure an appropriate response that
will not further traumtize the elder victim, but aid
Addressing Elder Pennsylvania healing from the profound emotional and physical
Sexual Abuse: Coalition Against injury resulting from sexual violence. Introduction
PDF Developing a Rape; Pennsylvania includes complete users guide to curriculum and 6 183 pages (3 documents)
Community Department of separate learning modules: Sexual Violence 101,
Response Aging Gerontology 101, Elder Sexual Abuse, Detection of
Elder Sexual Abuse, How pA Laws Apply to Elder
Sexual Abuse and Collaboration. Modules include
PowerPoint Presentation, trainer talking points,
activities and handouts.
This course in Family Violence is part of a required
curriculum for APS workers in Kentucky, It foucses on
the nature and extned of domestic violence,
"common ground" differences between domestic
violence and child protection philosophies,
Meeting the Needs Kentucky Cabinet psychological dynamics of battering, assessment and
PDF of Families in for Health and lethality/risk issues, service planning strategies, legal 72 pages (1 document)
Domestic Violence Family Services remedies for protection, model protocols for
addressing domestic violence, and community
resources. Library contains extensive training
instructions and lecture transcript only. Other
materials needed for training may be obtained from
the source.
Catalogue of videos covering a wide range of aging-
Videos on Aging &
Elderhood Catalog
Terra Nova Films rlated topics. Topic areas each include between 5-11
videos
Utah Adult Aimed at new APS workers, this material examines
Documentation -- Protective Services basic criteria for documentation, reviews elements of
PowerPoint
Writing Skills for APS Division of Aging APS activity log documentation, and analyzes actual
19 slides, 18 pages
and Adult Services documentation.
Utah Adult Aimed at APS professionals, this material is an in-
PPT, Word and PDF Assessment and Protective Services depth examination of the investigation process and
documents Decision Making Division of Aging APS case assessments, including capacity assessment,
50 slides, 15 pages
and Adult Services caretaker assessment, and allegation assessment.
Aimed at APS professionals, this material provides
definitions and philosophical considerations and
Utah Adult
assumptions related to elder abuse. The training
PowerPoint & Word Protective Services
Documents
Assessing Capacity
Division of Aging
compares approahces to elder abuse, highlighting 26 slides
differences between legal institution and APS worker
and Adult Services
approahces such as assessing "competency" vs.
"capacity."
Financial exploitation and identify theft information is
Utah Adult provided for the general public in this training.
Financial Exploitation Protective Services Material discusses the opportunities and challenges
PowerPoint
and Identity Theft Division of Aging of the aging process, and gives figuresw comparing
51 slides
and Adult Services Utah's aging populatin with national statistics.
Resources and referral information icnluded.
Information aimed at the general public and potential
Utah Adult collaborators includes statistics outlining future
Golden Years vs. Protective Services trends in aging, definitions of vulnerable adults and
PowerPoint
Bruised Years Division of Aging elder abuse, indicators of abuse, as well as a gneeral
36 slides
and Adult Services description of APS and reporting and referral
information.
Utah Adult
Protective Services
PowerPoint The Aging Revolution
Division of Aging
18 slides
and Adult Services
PowerPoint slides offer a comprehensive overview of
A/N/E issues including reasons for training on
vulnerable adult abuse, statistics, definitions of
Utah Adult
vulnerable adults, and indicators of abuse, neglect
Abuse, Neglect or Protective Services
PowerPoint & Word and exploitation. Material provides additional
documents
Exploitation of Division of Aging
information about intimidation, isolation, cpacity to
38 slides
Vulnerable Adults and Adult Services,
consent, and the referral process. Utah state 2000
2004
APS data is also included. Accompanying Word
documents offer substantial training guidance,
checklists for investigation and a resources list.
Intended for new APS workers, this material examines
Utah Adult
what 'values' are and where they come from.
PowerPoint & Word Protective Services
Documents
Values and Ethics
Division of Aging
Specifically, it outlines Dept. on Aging and Adult 29 slides
Services and social worker values and ethical
and Adult Services
principles.
Intended for new APS workers and potential
collaborators, this material provides statistics on
Utah Adult
aging, definitions of vulnerable adults, basic
Financial Institutions Protective Services
PowerPoint
Teller Training Division of Aging
information on APS services, and information on 49 slides
mandated reported, referrals and resources. In
and Adult Services
particular, the training reviews financial exploitation
and the various indicators of such exploitation.
Aimed specifically at the Four Corners region
including the Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico,
Utah Adult
Colorado and Utah, this material provides an
Four Corners Indian Protective Services
overview of abuse, neglect and exploitation issues
PowerPoint Country Conference Division of Aging
and indicators. Statistics on aging, definitions of
51 slides
Presentation 2003 and Adult Services,
vulnerable adults and caregiving, reporting
2003
requirements, referral process and resource
information included.
Training provides definitions of workplace violence
Utah Adult and outlines different types of such violence; and
Workplace Violence Protective Services discusses APS worker safety issues, warning signs, and
PowerPoint
and Personal Safety Division of Aging impacts on workers. Material also includes tips for
27 slides
and Adult Services prevention, using ones intuition, facing aggression
and recognizing patterns of escalation.
This item is a 2002 literature review of research
addressing domestic abuse of the elderly in the US
VAWnet Applied and Canada. Researchers reviewed 54 articles
Research Forum and published between 1988 and 2002. Sections include
Domestic Abuse in
PDF
Later Life
Wisconsin Coalition discussions of incidence and prevalence, cultural 15 pages
Against Domestic considerations, causation, victim issues, services and
Violence interventions, and potential implications. Material
also includes additional resources on the internet, a
reference list, and a 2-page handout of key findings.
This 8-day curriculum for advance APS workers is
broken into four modules: 1) cross-cultural
interviewing, 2) interviewing persons with
developmental disabilities, 3) strengthening report
APS Facility Texas Department 424 slides, 408 pages in
writing and 4) detection and confrontation of
PDF Investigations: Basic of Family and
deception. Materials include participant handouts,
13 modules (7
Skills Development Protective Services documents)
training instructions and PowerPoint presentations
for each module. Training activities such as case
studies and role play exercises, unit exams, and
reference list also included.
APS In-Home Basic
Texas Department
PowerPoint & Word Skills
Documents Development\Modul
of Family and Enormous
Protective Services
es
PowerPoint & Word Training More Staff
Documents with Less Money
NAPSA 53 slides, 144 pages
California Attorney
The Financial Abuse General's Office,
Video
of Seniors Crime and Violence
17 minutes
Prevention Center
PowerPoint presentation discusses what determines
F.A.C.T.S. Forensic consent to sex, when it should be questioned, and
CAN-DO
PowerPoint Assessment of
Project/MHC
pitfalls of an erroneous conclusion. The material 50 slides
Consent to Sex covers legal issues and offers a list of interview
questions from an instrument used to assess consent.
PowerPoint presentation provided an overview of
ethical, medical and legal views of capacity and
Autonomy, Capacity UC Irvine Program autonomy, describes how capacity is assessed, and
PowerPoint
and Right to Decide in Geriatrics various conditions that impair capacity such as
81 slides
dementia, depression and developmental disabilities,
etc.
Project Visibility examines the lives and issues facing
LGBT elderly andprovides training material for
administrators and staff of nursing homes, assited
Project Visibility: living facilities, home care agencies and other
Seeing and providers of services to older adults. This training is
Boulder County
Understanding the comprised of a 20 mintue video that showcases the 20 minutes, 34 slides, 61
PDF and video
Strengths and Needs
(CO) Aging Services
lives of lesbian and gay elders; a PowerPoint pages (2 documents)
Division
of the Elder LGBT presentation, and discussion of steps needed for
Population service providers to provide appropriate services to
this population. Booklet includes a historical timeline,
terms and definitions, communication guidelines,
articles and a resource list.
Operation Project
PDF
Montana
Rick Bartos 51 pages
Texas Department
PowerPoint & Word APS In-Home Legal of Family and
Documents Issues Protective Services,
Enormous
2004
Problems Facing
State Adult
Protective Services
PDF
Programs and the
NAPSA/NCEA, 2001
Resources Needed to
Resolve Them
Virginia Department
A National Study of
of Social Services
Self-Neglecting Adult
Protective Services
Division of Planning
and Program
Clients
Review, 2001
To access the resources for APS contact the State Consultant, Cheyenne, Wyoming at 777-3602. For NAPSA resources you
must be a member of the organization. Members in DFS are the State Consultant and designated APS workers. For WyGEC
contact the WIND resource Library, Dept. 4298, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming at 307-766-2932/TTY: 766-2720
or the Project Coordinator at Dept. 3432, University of Wyoming, 766-2829.