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Elder Abuse Task Force

Elder Abuse Task Force

Elder Abuse Task Force

Working together to keep older adults safe.

Who We Are

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    The Committees Behind the Task Force

    The Elder Abuse Task Force is powered by more than 100 individuals who make up seven committees, each tackling a key part of elder abuse prevention. These teams bring together experts from government, law enforcement, healthcare, and community groups to protect older adults. Here's what they do:

    • Courts and State Court Administrator's Office: Reviews court practice and procedure as it relates to guardianships and conservatorships and recommends changes to improve the elder and vulnerable adult care system.
    • Initiatives: Focuses on identifying specific initiatives that will make a substantive difference in combating all forms of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of older individuals.
    • Law Enforcement: Reviews statewide practices, procedures, tools and training for officers and prosecutors as they pertain to elder abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation.
    • Multi-Disciplinary Team Development: Creates a model protocol for multidisciplinary teams and to promote creation of teams in every county address elder abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation with a system-wide response.
    • Policy & Legislation: Drafts and reviews legislative proposals to improve Michigan's response to elder abuse, neglect and financial exploitation.
    • Public Awareness: Increase public awareness of elder abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation, and how to report maltreatment. Creates brochures and posters, and posts information online.
    • Training & Education: Creates video training for law enforcement, prosecutors, guardians, attorneys, health care providers, and other elder and vulnerable adult care workers on the subjects of elder abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation.

    These committees are the backbone of our mission, ensuring we tackle elder abuse from every angle.

How We Team Up

Fighting abuse takes teamwork that's why we're working together to meet the needs of the community through multidisciplinary teams.

See Our Members

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    Elder Justice Multi-Disciplinary Teams: Working Together to Meet the Needs of the Community

    Fighting elder abuse is a challenge that cannot be tackled by one discipline alone. Learn about the importance of multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) and how your community can work together to bring renewed focus to a growing problem.

    Elder Justice Multi-Disciplinary Teams: Working Together to Meet the Needs of the Community
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    Enhanced Multidisciplinary Team (E-MDT)

    This is a guide to create a community-based Enhanced Multidisciplinary Team (E-MDT). This is a companion document to the Michigan Vulnerable Adult Teams (MI-VAT) Investigative Protocol.

    E-MDT Community Engagement Protocol (PDF)
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    Michigan Vulnerable Adult Teams (MI-VAT)

    This investigative protocol is a guide for establishing Michigan Vulnerable Adult Teams (Mi-VAT).  Mi-VAT are a type of Multidisciplinary Team established at the county level to investigate and prosecute vulnerable adult abuse cases.

    Mi-VAT Investigative Protocol (PDF)

Publications and Newsletters

Want to learn more? Our publications and newsletters offer expert insights, updates, and tips.

Power of Attorney Forms

The Kimble Center for Legal Drafting offers the Finances Power of Attorney and the Medical Power of Attorney form as a public service. This should not be considered giving legal advice or creating an attorney–client relationship, and neither Cooley Law School nor the Kimble Center is responsible for any consequences that might result from using them. The Kimble Center for Legal Drafting makes every effort to ensure that the forms are legally accurate and up to date, but they cannot guarantee it. By using any of the forms, you accept these terms.

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