E-MDTs
NEW! - Please check out the new E-MDT website. Great information, including a series of statewide E-MDT videos.
NYS Office for the Aging Five Questions Series
Enhanced Multidisciplinary Teams (E-MDTs) assist in fighting elder abuse across New York State.
5 Questions About E-MDTs with Allison Granata
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new law in new york state
Update: NYS Office for the Aging Information Memorandum to clarify provisions of the new law.
Read important Nov 4, 2021 Memo
Recognizes the importance of providing a coordinated response to complex cases of elder mistreatment in New York State. Expands support for the continued development and operation of Enhanced Multidisciplinary Teams (E-MDTs) throughout NYS.
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Elder Abuse Interventions and Enhanced Multidisciplinary Teams (E-MDT) Initiative Preliminary Program Evaluation
In 2020, the Center for Human Services Research, in collaboration with the University at Albany School of Social Welfare, worked with Lifespan of Greater Rochester, Weill Cornell Medicine’s NYC Elder Abuse Center, and NYS Office for the Aging to develop and conduct a preliminary program evaluation of the Elder Abuse Interventions and Enhanced Multidisciplinary Team (E-MDT) Initiative in New York State.
About E-MDTs
Each year over 260,000 older adults are victims of elder abuse in New York State. Financial exploitation is a fast growing and complex form of elder abuse that can have devastating consequences for older adult victims. While elder abuse multidisciplinary teams are emerging in various localities across the country, Enhanced Multidisciplinary Teams (E-MDTs) differ in that they focus on financial exploitation while also addressing other co-occurring forms of abuse.
E-MDTs are comprised of professionals from various disciplines whose primary focus is to investigate, intervene, and prevent financial exploitation of older adults. E-MDTs have unique access to a forensic accountant and geriatric psychiatrist in addition to drawing on the expertise of disciplines including aging services, the financial industry, and local legal and law enforcement. The team provides a holistic response which includes recommendations and support to those working on complex cases of financial exploitation.
E-MDT Membership
Membership is based on the unique needs and resources of the individual county. It is important to identify and recruit E-MDT members representing key programs and services within each county.
Key member agencies for each county include:
Coordinator
Adult Protective Services
District Attorney’s Office
Law enforcement
Office for the Aging
Additional member agencies to consider may include:
Elder abuse prevention providers
Civil legal service providers
Bank/credit unions
Financial advisors
Domestic violence service providers
Ombudsman
Welfare fraud investigator
Veterans Administration
Department of Social Services
Elder law attorney
County Attorney’s Office
Attorney General’s Office
Department of Taxation and Finance
For more information regarding the Enhanced Multidisciplinary Team program and/or to find the contact information for a coordinator in a specific county, please contact Allison Granata, Assistant Director for E-MDT Initiatives, Upstate Elder Abuse Center at Lifespan, 585-287-6440.
E-MDTs in New York originated as the result of an Elder Abuse Prevention Interventions Initiative between 2012-2016 which was funded through a federal grant awarded to New York State Office for the Aging by the Administration for Community Living.
This program is funded in part by New York State Office for the Aging, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Victims of Crime, New York State Office of Victim Services and Lifespan of Greater Rochester.