CCERAP: Publications

POLICY FOR USE
Single copies of brochures and handouts are complimentary. For large or bulk quantities, permission is granted to download and duplicate. Books in the Book Library are available for loan. If borrower loses, damages or doesn't return the book, they will assume responsibility for cost of replacement.

Download the order form.

WORLD ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS DAY (WEAAD) - JUNE 15, 2008

WEAAD Poster (8 1/2 x11)

WEAAD Core Message

WEAAD Press Release (word document so you can localize)

WEAAD Brochure

WEAAD Public Service Radio Announcements (download and send to your local radio station any or all 3 PSA's below:)

June 15th is World Elder Abuse Day

My World, Your World, Our World, Free of Abuse

Create Awareness, Educate, Report Abuse

WEAAD Power Point "Who, What, When"

Featured WEAAD Video and Book from CCERAP Loan Library (use order form above to schedule)

All of the brochures listed under ABUSE below are recommended brochures and handouts for World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.

ABUSE (download or order single copy of handouts)
Protecting At Risk Adults
Colorado Adult Protection

Elder Abuse Fact Sheet

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE FACT SHEETS (download handouts)
What is Alzheimer’s Disease?

About Alzheimer’s Disease Statistics

About the Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease

Stages of Symptom Progression in Alzheimer’s Disease

Steps to Understanding Challenging Behaviors

Techniques for Managing Problem Behaviors

Communication Strategies for Interacting with People with Memory Loss

Combativeness and Alzheimer’s Disease

About Grief, Mourning and Guilt

Care, Medication & Appointment Logs

FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION (download brochures/handouts)
Financial Front Line Red Flags
A two-sided handout designed for front line employees (tellers) at financial institutions to help them spot the red flags of financial exploitation and then describe the actions they can take to attempt to prevent the exploitation.
Before the Money Is Gone
Excellent handout to use alone or with the front line training program.

IDENTITY THEFT (download brochures/handouts)

Colorado Identity Theft Yellow Page
A listing of contact addresses and phone numbers for victims. Please print on yellow paper, if possible, but not required.
Handout format (currently being revised)
Four-fold Brochure (legal size paper required)

Deter, Detect, and Defend
While there are no guarantees about avoiding identity theft, there are steps you can take to minimize your risk and minimize the damage if a problem occurs: www.ftc.gov/idtheft/
    Deter identity thieves by safeguarding your information
    Detect suspicious activity by routinely monitoring your financial accounts
    and billing statements
    Defend against ID theft as soon as you suspect a problem

Take Charge: Fighting Back Against Identity Theft
Federal Trade Commission publication with extensive information, including the Reporting Affidavit. Available for downloading by going to:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/idtheft/idt04.shtm

or call 1-877-438-4338 to order a copy.

NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING FACT SHEETS (download fact sheets)

Choosing a Good Assisted Living Residence

Choosing a Good Nursing Home

Key Questions to Ask Nursing Home Staff

Value, Respect & Support of Caregiver in Nursing Homes

Myths and Misconceptions of Culture Change

POWER OF ATTORNEY (download or order single copy of brochures/handouts)

Financial Powers of Attorney
A guide for creating POA's, understanding POA abuse, and ending POA's.
    Handout format
    Tri-fold format

Powers of Attorney - A Guide for Service Providers
A guide to for service providers. Information on terms, responsibilities of a POW, types, revocation, abuse and legal remedies.
    Handout format
    Tri-fold format

BOOK LIBRARY (available for loan - Use Order form)
Counting on Kindness, Wendy Lustbader, M.S.W.

This book goes beyond the physical and financial arrangements for families caring for aging relatives and discusses the feelings of those who are receiving care. Vividly illustrated with true stories and quotations from both the dependents and caregivers.

Healing The Generations, Barry Grosskopf, M.D.

Outlines the healing power of family history ---Richmond Times Dispatch; Until we truly understand out parents we cannot truly understand ourselves - a helpful alternative to the past practice of condemning and separating ----The Seattle Times

Taking Care of Aging Family Members, Wendy Lustbader, M.S.W., & Nancy R. Hooyman

The definitive guide for family members and professionals on all aspects of caring for the aged. It provides thorough and substantive advice and information on the complete range of psychological, social, spiritual, ethnic, long-distance care and financial issues that face those involved in caring for an older person.

What’s Worth Knowing, Wendy Lustbader, M.S.W.

These seventy-, eighty-, and ninety-year-olds share the single most important piece of knowledge each has gained through a lifetime of living. Having raised children, made mistakes, survived hardships, and ultimately discovered what truly matters; they've gleaned the secrets of surmounting life's challenges and attaining its joys.

Colorado Coalition for Elder Rights and Adult Protection
1575 Sherman Street, 10th Floor, Denver, CO 80203
1-800-773-1366 or 303-866-2849