2025 First Responders Summit Resource Guide

Adult Services Division

Elder Abuse Forensic Center BACKGROUND The medical, social, legal, and financial complexity of elder and dependent adult abuse cases requires the involvement of an array of disciplines. A typical case requires weeks to months of phone calls between agencies with very distinct, and at times, conflicting perspectives and goals. IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR VICTIMS 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. • Reduce fragmentation and improve communication/problem solving related topreventing and addressing elder/dependent adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation. • Raise public awareness about the multidimensional nature of and challengesassociated with elder/dependent adult abuse, neglect, and exploitation. • Educate and improve the competency of service professionals working with theelder/dependent adult population. • Develop and advance practices in the field of elder and dependent adult protectiveservices through the development of standardized tools and innovative research. GOALS Through its partners and programs, the EAFC seeks to:

CORE EAFC MEMBERS

Core Members of the Elder Abuse Forensic Center include representatives from the following agencies: Adult Protective Services (APS); Riverside County Sheriff’s Department; University of California Riverside (UCR) for the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine; Riverside University Health System (RUHS) Public Guardian’s Office; Behavioral Health; Riverside County District Attorney; DA Victim Services; Riverside Legal Aid; Long Term Care Ombudsman Program; Community Care Licensing; Inland Regional Center; SAFE Family Justice Center, ROG Services, Inc. and the Department of Justice, Division of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse. During fiscal year 24/25 the EAFC ◊ Facilitated 44 Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) meetings ◊ Presented 107 new cases ◊ Provided 100 Coordinated CarePlans * In addition to MDT consultations, the EAFC provided the following services during the 24/25 fiscal year: ◊ 54 Neuropsychological Evaluations ◊ 162 Geriatric Assessments ◊ 4 Forensic Evaluations * The EAFC conducted 177 Outreach Presentations and Trainings *

For information or to submit a referral, please email EAFC@rivco.org

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