I just want to add that I think part of the problem is in rural areas. I live in a huge city, and I train social workers, and they work with the police, nursing, medicine, and even the coroner. It's not always about the victim. It's more about how we can keep this person in their home and how we can keep an eye on them as much as we can to make sure they're there. I've seen a lot of service across Canada that tries to do that.
As to whether it's well funded, I agree with Charmaine that there's no way it is. We need more resources to support it, but it's the best way to do it. Gerontology, by definition, is interdisciplinary. There's no way around it.