Riverside County Elder Abuse Forensic Center (EAFC)

About the Program

Category: Human Services (Best in Category)

Year: 2018

The Riverside County Elder Abuse Forensic Center (EAFC) is an evidence-based program striving to improve our community’s ability to combat, investigate, and prosecute elder and dependent adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation. The EAFC enhances collaboration and service provision among partner agencies by providing vital supports to agencies to strengthen their investigations and improve outcomes. Services offered by the EAFC include, but are not limited to, in-home geriatric medical assessments, in-home neuropsychological evaluations (capacity assessments), forensic evaluations, case consultations with the EAFC multidisciplinary team, and public outreach/education. The EAFC was established to achieve the following goals: • Reduce fragmentation and improve communication/problem solving related to preventing and addressing elder/dependent adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation. • Raise public awareness about the multidimensional nature of and challenges associated with elder/dependent adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation. • Educate and improve the competency of service professionals working with the elder/dependent adult population. • Develop and advance practices in the field of elder and dependent adult protective services through the development of standardized tools and innovative research.