{"id":480,"date":"2016-04-27T17:21:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T17:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/medical-examiner\/?page_id=480"},"modified":"2025-07-14T15:03:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T15:03:05","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/medical-examiner\/division-of-death-prevention\/adult-fatality-review\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/medical-examiner\/?page_id=471&amp;preview=true\">Overview of Fatality Review<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/medical-examiner\/office-of-chief-medical-examiner\/fatality-review-surveillance-programs-reports\/adult-fatality-review\/virginias-adult-fatality-review-law\/\">Virginia\u2019s Adult Fatality Review Law<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/medical-examiner\/fatality-review-surveillance-programs-reports\/adult-fatality-review\/state-level-adult-fatality-review-in-virginia\/\">State Level Adult Fatality Review in Virginia<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/medical-examiner\/office-of-chief-medical-examiner\/fatality-review-surveillance-programs-reports\/adult-fatality-review\/resources\/\">Resources<\/a><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"Left_Navigation Non_Printable\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"RightQuickLink\">\n<div class=\"RightQuickLink_Header\">Quick Links<\/div>\n<div class=\"QuickLink_Text_Gray\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/AFRT-Protocol-Main-Text.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adult Fatality Review in Virginia Communities: Team Protocol and Resource Manual<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"QuickLink_Text_Gray\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dss.virginia.gov\/family\/as\/aps.cgi\">Adult Protective Services in Virginia<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"QuickLink_Text_Gray\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.preventelderabuse.org\/\">National Center for the Prevention of Elder Abuse<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Content_Secondary\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<p>The <em>Adult Fatality Review in Virginia Communities: Team Protocol and Resource Manual<\/em> will be posted on this website in three stages. The section currently available will help you to get started and establish your team. Resources to support the building of team capacity through training and community outreach will be added in October of 2015. Materials for capturing information from reviews and sharing team findings and recommendations with your community will be posted in January of 2016.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-481 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/resources.jpg\" alt=\"resources\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/resources.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/resources-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Virginia Resources<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Adult Fatality Review in Virginia Communities: Team Protocol and Resource Manual<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/AFRT-Protocol-Main-Text.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part I: Establishing a Team<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Part II: Building Team Capacity (Available October 2015)<\/li>\n<li>Part III: Reporting on Findings and Recommendations (Available January 2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>2004 Report of the Department of Social Services, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/APS2014AnnualReport.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Adult Fatality Review Team: Preventing Fatal Abuse and Neglect of Virginia&#8217;s Vulnerable Adults<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/RM-Final-12-23-09.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Family and Intimate Partner Fatality Review Protocol and Resource Manual, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Edition <\/a>(Provides additional guidance and resources that might apply to AFRTs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>National Resources<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/apps.americanbar.org\/aging\/publications\/docs\/fatalitymanual.pdf\">Elder Abuse Fatality Review Teams: A Replication Manual<\/a>*** (American Bar Association, 2005)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/gone-without-a-case-suspicious-elder-deaths-rarely-investigated\">Gone Without a Case: Suspicious Elder Deaths Rarely Investigated <\/a>(ProPublica and PBS&#8217; Frontline: December 21, 2011).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2016\/04\/EldAbs_complete.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Multidisciplinary Elder Abuse Prevention Teams: A New Generation<\/a> (NCEA, 2003)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/doj.nh.gov\/consumer\/elder-abuse\/adult-fatality.htm\">New Hampshire Incapacitated Adult Fatality Review Committee<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maine.gov\/ag\/crime\/crimes_we_prosecute\/elder\/medart.shtml\">Maine Elder Death Analysis Review Team<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For more information about Adult Fatality Review in Virginia:<\/strong><br \/>\nRyan Diduk-Smith, PhD, MPH<br \/>\nDirector, Division of Death Prevention<br \/>\nOffice of the Chief Medical Examiner<br \/>\nryan.diduk@vdh.virginia.gov<\/p>\n<div class=\"Clearing_Div_Clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"RowWithColumns_No_Float\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview of Fatality Review | Virginia\u2019s Adult Fatality Review Law | State Level Adult Fatality Review in Virginia\u00a0| Resources Quick Links Adult Fatality Review in Virginia Communities: Team Protocol and Resource Manual Adult Protective Services in Virginia National Center for the Prevention of Elder Abuse The Adult Fatality Review in Virginia Communities: Team Protocol and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":425,"featured_media":0,"parent":258,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-480","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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