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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute an agreement and any subsequent amendments with the Archstone Foundation to continue the management of the Long Beach Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Elder Abuse Prevention Team, in an amount not to exceed $75,000 from January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2010. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
National statistics indicate that 5 percent of persons age 65 years and older are at risk for elder abuse and neglect. The 2000 census indicates that there are 42,000 persons age 65 years and older in Long Beach, equating to an at risk population of 2,100. Combined 2004 statistics from Los Angeles County’s Adult Protective Services and the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program show a total of 2,770 cases of elder abuse and noncompliance of quality of care in Long Beach, putting Long Beach above the national average in cases of reported elder abuse and complaints.
The Long Beach-based Archstone Foundation (Foundation) has awarded the City an additional three-year Phase II continuation grant as part of the Foundation’s five-year initiative to address elder abuse, neglect and self-neglect. Under the agreement, the Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department) will implement strategies to enhance the networking and case resolution capacity of the Long Beach Multidisciplinary Elder Abuse Prevention Team (LBEAPT), which consists of more than 50 agencies, and was created in 2006 with Archstone Foundation Phase I funding.
The Phase II grant will enable the LBEAPT to continue to improve interagency and inter-jurisdictional relationships of the Team, to address issues, needs, gaps and challenging cases of elder abuse, neglect and self-neglect in Long Beach. The LBEAPT plays an important role in promoting activities and strategies of the Long Beach Strategic Plan for Older Adults, which was approved by the City Council on June 14, 2005.
The Phase II project will be accomplished through the following objectives: a) to en...
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