The County of Santa Clara Senior Care Commission convened on 9/10/14 and included public presentations.
These included the following:
Linda Kincaid spoke to the Commission about Law Enforcement duty manual police policies about elder abuse.
Dr. Robert Fettgather spoke to the Commission about the need to update these police manual protocols and how the resulting isolation has a devastating mental, emotional and physical effect on seniors and persons with disabilities in licensed facilities.
Richard Calhoun spoke to the Commission on the data received from requested law enforcement manuals and how a percentage of the civil code violations associated with elder abuse should be penal (criminal) code violations.
The 2014-2015 Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury concluded "In order to best serve elders and dependent adults who may be victims of abuse, the County of Santa Clara; Social Services Agency; Adult Protective Services, and the Office of the District Attorney should collaborate on a document for law enforcement agencies to provide elder and dependent adult abuse victims advising them of available and applicable resources".
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