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TEAS: Taking
Elder Abuse
Seriously
The purposes of TEAS are to:
• Collaborate with designated representatives of each individual elder rights program
• Include other community partners to prevent and address threats to elder rights
• Discuss issues they are seeing that weaken, threaten or potentially eliminate elder
rights
• Identify potential cross cutting issues that teams choose to address
• Plan annual Elder Rights Conference
• Represent older people and people with disabilities on advisory boards, public
hearings, public policies and identified regional priorities
• Collaborate with law enforcement, regulatory agencies, elected officials, judicial staff
and mandatory reporters to address abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
• Provide on-going community education and awareness to prevent and address
threats to elder rights.
The purposes of TEAS are to:
• Collaborate with law enforcement, elder rights programs and partners
• Include other community partners to prevent and address threats to elder rights
• Discuss issues that weaken, threaten or potentially eliminate elder rights
• Identify potential cross cutting issues to address
• Plan CSRA Annual Elder Rights Conference
• Represent older people and individuals with disabilities on advisory boards,
public hearings, public policies and identified regional priorities
• Collaborate with law enforcement, regulatory agencies, elected officials,
judicial staff and mandatory reporters to address abuse, neglect, and exploitation
• Provide on-going community education and awareness to prevent and address
threats to elder rights
TEAS TEAS includes incudes representatives representatives from from many
many
organizations organizations in our area,area, including: including: CSRA
CSRA
Regional Regional Commission Area Area Agency Agency on
on
Aging,Aging, AARP, Ombudsman Program,Program,
Senior Senior Citizens Council, Caring Adult Protective
Together,
Services,Inc., Adult Georgia Protective Division Services,of Aging
Georgia
Services Division Forensics of Aging Services Unit, Safe Forensics Homes Unit,of
Augusta,Safe Homes Law of Enforcement,Augusta, Law Enforcement,CSRA
Coalition CSRA Coalition of Advocates of Advocates for the for Aging,the Aging,
Benton Benton Association,House House of of Augusta,Augusta, Alzheimer’s
ResCare, Jud Alzheimer’s
Association,Shiloh Comprehensive ResCare, Jud C Hickety Center,
Center, Shiloh Comprehensive Community C. Hickey
Center
and Health Care Providers.
Community
Center and Health Care Providers.
For more information or to become a partner, contact Jeanette
Cummings, jcummings@csrarc.ga.gov or 706-210-2013
link