Reaching out to protect elders. (Not-for-Profit Report).(Hebrew Home for the Aged)

The incidence of elder abuse among community-dwelling elderly had been on the rise for several years in New York's Westchester and Bronx counties when, three years ago, The Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale, in the Bronx, New York, responded: It broadened the scope and magnitude of its already-existing elder-abuse prevention program in the community.

The increasing reports of abuse from law enforcement officers prompted ElderServe, the Hebrew Home's community services division, to seek a partnership with the two counties' district attorneys' offices and launch a…