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2002

Abused elderly -- Services for -- California -- San Bernardino County -- Case studies

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Outcomes Of Adult Protective Service Cases: Urban Regions, Rebecca Ruth Stiltz Jan 2002

Outcomes Of Adult Protective Service Cases: Urban Regions, Rebecca Ruth Stiltz

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The study investigated the relationship between San Bernardino County Department of Adult Protective Services (APS) client refusal of services and the outcome of their cases. A data extraction tool was used to collect demographic information about the APS clients and their perpetrators, types and number of contacts made by the APS worker, types of abuse, reasons for refusal, and outcomes from closed APS cases for the San Bernardino, Ontario, and Rancho Cucamonga regions.