Early Detection
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Timely Intervention

Prevention 

 

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Welcome...

to the Elder Response Team (ERT) website.  The Elder Response Team is a collaboration of social service and private agencies from across the Lower Naugatuck Valley of Connecticut, working together to heighten awareness of issues affecting the elderly, such as elder abuse, domestic violence, neglect, fraud, and exploitation. 

The goals of the Elder Response Team are to promote

  • Early detection and reporting

  • Timely intervention, and

  • Prevention

through education of professionals and the general public.

 

 

What is elder abuse
or neglect?

Elder abuse and/or neglect can take many forms. Learn how you can spot the signs and get help to make it stop...>>>

 

Don't Become A Victim of Fraud!
The elderly are prime targets for scam artists and thieves. Learn how you can protect yourself ...>>>
 

   


Services...

The Elder Response Team (ERT) provides regular training sessions regarding the issues of elder abuse, mistreatment, fraud, and domestic violence.  Such services include attending health fairs, sponsoring seminars and conferences, and organizing public awareness campaigns.  In addition, through its various presentations, the ERT works to raise funds to support  in-home services and medical care for elderly victims of abuse.  All monies received via donations to the ERT are used for elderly care.

For more information about the individual agencies that make up the Elder Response Team, or about other organizations dedicated to serving the elderly, please visit our Resource Page

 

 

 

Do You Know Someone Who is a Victim of Elder Abuse?
Learn about the C.H.E.R.I.S.H. Program - A Safe Haven for Elders ...>>>
 

 

Basic Human Rights:

to be treated with respect

to be taken seriously

to have one's needs be as important as the needs of others

to have and express feelings

to say NO without feeling guilty

to be treated as a capable human being and not to be patronized

to be independent

 

 

   


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