To address elder neglect and abuse, the Safe Haven partnership will expand services and provide safe housing for an additional 100 older adults across Michigan. The initiative, supported by five Area Agencies on Aging and a learning collaborative, aims to elevate...
The initiative will train and increase the number of judges and court clerks who will refer families to Eldercare Coordination. Through this program, a trained eldercare coordinator with prior mediation training and experience leads the family through a conflict...
The Michigan Guardianship Diversion Project (MGDP) will bring together key stakeholders that serve older adults and people with disabilities as part of a committee to plan a guardianship diversion pilot project that will be implemented in select Michigan probate...
This project will develop and implement a wraparound approach that closely works with local courts, Adult Protective Services (APS), Lifeways Community Mental Health (CMH), and other service providers to proactively serve vulnerable older adults in the community that...
Region II Commission on Services to the Aging will facilitate the replication of its successful Safe Haven program to other areas of Michigan. Safe Haven centers on securing safe housing for victims and it engages in a team-based approach to service delivery that...
The initiative will scale a successful financial exploitation risk identification and prevention program across various settings that serve older adults and caregivers, and to develop best practices in financial exploitation detection and reporting. In partnership...
This planning grant will provide methods and new tools to educate health care professionals to identify, prevent, and intervene in financial exploitation of older adults. Wayne State University will identify ways to integrate existing tools within an electronic...
Eastern Michigan University (EMU) will develop a screening tool to identify caregivers who are at-risk for encountering high-conflict situations with the person for whom they care. EMU will provide direct behavioral health services to caregivers through its psychology...
This proposal is requesting funds to develop a medical-legal partnership with healthcare facilities; provide education to doctors on end-of-life decisions as well as elder abuse prevention, and evaluate the correlation between resolving legal problems and the improved...
