Elder Mistreatment: Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation in an Aging AmericaSince the late 1970s when Congressman Claude Pepper held widely publicized hearings on the mistreatment of the elderly, policy makers and practitioners have sought ways to protect older Americans from physical, psychological, and financial abuse. Yet, during the last 20 years fewer than 50 articles have addressed the shameful problem that abusersâ€"and sometimes the abused themselvesâ€"want to conceal. |
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Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation in an Aging America National Research Council ... NATIONAL STATISTICS 2001-2002 JOHN E. ROLPH (Chair), Marshall School of ... Center, University of Michigan HERMAN HABERMANN, United Nations Statistical ...
... National Statistics, Panel to Review Risk and Prevalence of Elder Abuse and Neglect Robert B. Wallace, Richard J. Bonnie. COMMITTEE ON LAW AND JUSTICE 2001 CHARLES F. WELLFORD (Chair), Center for Applied Policy Studies and Department of ...
... National Statistics, Panel to Review Risk and Prevalence of Elder Abuse and Neglect Robert B. Wallace, Richard J ... Center for Health Statistics; Jack Guralnik, National Institute on Aging; Jane Tilly, Urban Institute; Jordan Kosberg ...
... National Statistics, Panel to Review Risk and Prevalence of Elder Abuse and ... Center, Pennsylvania State University. Although the reviewers listed above ... Center-USA, Ltd., New York City. Appointed by the National Research Council, he ...
... National Statistics, Panel to Review Risk and Prevalence of Elder Abuse and ... Center for Health Statistics, unpublished data, 2001). These trends will ... Center for Health Statistics, 2002), and 16 percent had Alzheimer's disease ...
Contents
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3 A Theoretical Model of Elder Mistreatment | 60 |
4 The Occurrence of Elder Mistreatment | 71 |
5 Risk Factors for Elder Mistreatment | 88 |
6 Screening and Case Identification in Clinical Settings | 104 |
7 Evaluating Interventions | 121 |
APPENDIX B Analysis of Elder Abuse and Neglect Definitions Under State Law | 181 |
History and Concepts | 238 |
APPENDIX D Biographical Sketches | 249 |
Epidemiological Assessment Methodology | 261 |
11 Ethical and Policy Issues in Research on Elder Abuse and Neglect | 303 |
12 The Clinical and Medical Forensics of Elder Abuse and Neglect | 339 |
13 Financial Abuse of the Elderly in Domestic Settings | 382 |
What Is Known and What Information Is Needed? | 446 |
8 Research Ethics | 140 |
9 Moving Forward | 150 |
References | 153 |
APPENDIX A Elder Mistreatment Measures and Studies | 165 |
Lessons from Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Initiatives | 501 |
Index | 527 |