Illinois Department on Aging
2012 Elder Rights Conference
7/13/12
Elder Fatality Review
Who?
When?
What?
Why?
Where?
How?
Regional interagency
elderly fatality review
teams
 May establish regional interagency EFRTs by:
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The Illinois Department on Aging
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Other State or County Agency with approval of the
Department on Aging
WHO?
Team members:
 Representative from the IL. Dept. on Aging
 Coroners and / or Medical Examiners
 State’s Attorneys
 Local Police Departments
 Forensic Units
 Providers of services for persons 60 years of age
or older in domestic living situations
Who? (cont.)
 Other individuals and/or agencies deemed
appropriate by the team
What?
Assist local agencies in identifying
and reviewing suspicious deaths of
elderly victims
What? (cont.)
Alleged, suspected, or
substantiated abuse or neglect in
domestic living situations
What? (cont.)
Facilitate communication between
officials responsible for autopsies
and inquests and persons involved
in reporting or investigating
alleged or suspected cases of abuse,
neglect, or financial exploitation of
persons 60 years of age or older
What?
60 years of age or older
Domestic living situations
Blunt force trauma
Undetermined manner or
suspicious cause of death
What?
 Requested by attending physician
 Referral by a health care provider
What?
 Open or closed case involving alleged or
suspected abuse, neglect, or financial
exploitation:
 Senior
protective services agency
 Law Enforcement Agency
 State’s Attorney
 Other cases 60+/domestic living
Where? (cont.)
Deaths should be reviewed in the
region or county where the death
occurred.
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Regional Department on Aging Office
Coroner or Medical Examiner’s Office
State’s Attorney’s Office
Law Enforcement Agency
When?
Teams shall meet a minimum of 6
times / year
Meeting dates and times
established by the team
Why?
 Review cases of alleged, suspected, or
substantiated abuse or neglect
 Make recommendations concerning
investigation or prosecution with
majority vote of team members
Why?
Review team data and
recommendations utilized by the
Department on Aging:
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Annual report
Develop education, prevention, prosecution, other
strategies designed to improve the coordination of
services for persons 60+ and their families.
Use aggregate data collected from review teams to
create a database of at-risk individuals.
How?
Reviews conducted similar to
Illinois Child Death Review Teams.
How?
Establish a volunteer review team
in your region or county in
coordination with regional
Department on Aging Office
Fill team member positions
How?
 Determine meeting location, dates,
and times
 Memorandum of Cooperation
between coroner or medical examiner
and local provider agency f0r the Elder
Abuse and Neglect Program
Duane Northrup
Champaign County Coroner
202 S. Art Bartell Rd.
Urbana, IL 61802
Ph. 217-384-3888
Fax 217-384-1290
dnorthrup@co.champaign.il.us