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8 <br />November 8 December 2000 - begin the community awareness campaign <br />and implement the emergency response team. <br />January - July 2001 - train the professionals, paraprofessionals, students and <br />first responders/sentinels, and continue the community awareness <br />campaign. <br />OutcomesNtilizatioNContinuity of EfFort: <br />The anticipated outcomes of this plan include achievement of our goals as stated <br />above. More of the public, professionals and professional students in Orange County <br />will be aware that elder abuse and neglect occur, and will know the most likely signs and <br />symptoms, and how to contact APS. They will atso become part of the network of <br />interested professionals and community resources available to help deal with this social <br />problem. Also, at least 75% of the identified "first responders/serrtinels' will be trained. <br />At each training session participants' names and agency ~liation will be recorded and <br />certificates of participation wilt be awarcJed. At the end of the year the total number of <br />participants trained will be tallied along with the number per agency. Thus, a network of <br />trained professionals and paraprofessionals will be established that will be alert to elder <br />mistreatment and its hidden nature, and able to recognize it in its various forms. Further, <br />due to this network, a greater proportion of e~asting cases of elde~ abuse and negiect will <br />be detected and reported to APS so that services can be offered to the elder and the <br />alleged perpetrator and/or family. The APS records will provide an indication of the <br />number of elder mistreatrnent cases that have been reported in the oounty. This record <br />will be compared to the previous year to determine whether tt~ere has been any increase <br />in the number of cases reported and confirmed/substantiated. The arrticipated benefits of <br />this plan is that fewer elders will face abuse and neglect alone, and thus, their quality of <br />life will improve due to the help and resources provided to them. <br />