The webinar will present an overview of the Texas Elder Abuse and Mistreatment Institute-Forensic Assessment Center Network (TEAM-FACN) with a primary focus on the virtual assessment model for completing mental health capacity assessments. Using a web-based platform and readily available videophone modalities, the TEAM-FACN is able to connect Texas APS caseworkers and their clients, statewide, to a localized group of geriatric and elder abuse experts in Houston, Texas, for services including mental health capacity assessments. A brief description of the TEAM-FACN web-based referral and case communication portal will be presented along with high-level overviews of the various statewide services provided by the TEAM-FACN program. A more detailed presentation of the statewide videophone assisted mental health capacity assessments will be presented by the lead TEAM-FACN geriatrician. First-year utilization, challenges, and benefits will also be discussed.
