Victim Services and Institutional Affiliations, science homework help

The victim I selected the abuse of a woman in her 80s that resided in a nursing home (Laureate Education, 2012). Her son had reported to the police that he noticed that there were bruises on her arms and her torso (Laureate Education, 2012). He also noticed changes in her behavior and then he decided to remove her from that nursing home (Laureate Education, 2012).

One program that is offered here in Virginia, for this type of victim is Adult Protective Services (APS) (Adult Protective Services (APS), 2016). If these protective services are needed and are accepted by the adult, a local APS worker may arrange for health, housing, social, and legal services for the adult (APS, 2016). This is supposed to stop the mistreatment and to prevent further mistreatment of the victim (APS, 20156). Other services that are offered through APS are home-based health care, transportation, nutrition services, and legal services (APS, 2016). Another program is the Virginia Coalition for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, Inc. (VCPEA). The VCPEA helps encourage the development of services and programs to protect the elderly with disabilities who are abused or neglected (Virginia Coalition for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, Inc. (VCPEA), 2016). They also promote the improvement of quality of services to vulnerable adults and they also promote a greater public understanding and awareness of elder abuse (VCPEA, 2016).

I think these programs are adequate. They help the elderly try and cope with what has happened. They help the elderly get back on their feet after this type of incident happens. Also, providing legal services so that the elderly won’t have to worry about anything, so they can try and go on with their lives.

A service that I think should be available would be something to help the victims get compensated for what they have been through. When a person is in a nursing home they are paying for the services there. They didn’t ask to be abused and they should get reimbursed for everything that they had paid in during their entire stay there and maybe more. There needs to be a program available that can help out with this.


Adult Protective Services (APS). (2016). Dss.virginia.gov. Retrieved 5 October 2016, from http://www.dss.virginia.gov/family/as/aps.cgi

Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012). Victim services. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Virginia Coalition for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, Inc. (VCPEA). (2016). Qa.srnav.org. Retrieved 5 October 2016, from http://qa.srnav.org/vcpea/

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