San Mateo County Grand Jury
• 2013-2014
Reducing the Incidents and Impact of Elder Financial Abuse in San Mateo County Summary | Methodology | Interviews |
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Findings and Recommendations 6 findings
F1
The County does not have any full-time staff members with responsibility for facilitating training of mandated reporters or developing outreach or education for the public in elder financial abuse.
Related Recommendations (1)
R1
By December 31, 2014, Adult Protective Services will develop a coordinated outreach effort involving all relevant County departments to further educate the public to identify and report elder financial abuse.
F2
Referrals for investigation of elder financial abuse in the County have been increasing over the past seven years, while programs and staff have decreased, leaving Adult Protective Services with fewer resources to pursue case management services.
Related Recommendations (1)
R2
By December 31, 2014, Adult Protective Services will develop and implement training programs for mandated reporters addressing elder financial abuse.
F3
Adult Protective Services has formed a Multi-Disciplinary Team to discuss general strategies for addressing all types of elder abuse, of which financial abuse issues are just one aspect. Multi-Disciplinary Team membership does not include consulting professionals from the private sector.
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
By December 31, 2014, the District Attorney’s office, in collaboration with Adult Protective Services, will implement the Financial Abuse Specialist Team model, to improve its current Multidisciplinary Team model, to include consulting community private sector financial specialists and to contribute to the investigation and resolution of elder financial abuse cases.
F4
In the District Attorney’s Office, individual staff members maintain statistics reporting the type of elder financial abuse but the department's present computer system does not keep statistics reporting either the types of elder abuse or ages of the victims.
Related Recommendations (1)
R4
By December 31, 2014, the District Attorney’s Office will develop and implement a computer system to record the details of elder abuse cases.
F5
There is no full-time Deputy District Attorney assigned to prosecute elder financial abuse cases.
Related Recommendations (1)
R5
By March 31, 2015, the District Attorney’s Office will evaluate the need for designating a full-time Deputy District Attorney and Inspector with responsibility for the prosecution and investigation of elder abuse cases.
F6
There is no District Attorney inspector specializing in investigation of elder financial abuse.
No recommendations for this finding
No Responses Found 3
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