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, Division of Behavioral and Social ... Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Initiatives David A. Wolfe Index 238 249 261 303 339 382 446 501 527 Preface Reports ...
Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation in an Aging America National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social ... Child Abuse and Neglect (1993) and Violence in Families (1998), the National Research Council was able to map out a ...
... Abuse and Neglect Robert B. Wallace, Richard J. Bonnie. Origins of Child Protection The current system for protection of elders and other vulnerable adults grew from the child protection system, which itself is only about 40 years old in ...
... child maltreatment (see Carter et al., 1999) has also challenged the child protection system, which generally (except to some degree in cases of sexual abuse and severe physical abuse) has not adopted the 16 ELDER MISTREATMENT.
... Abuse and Neglect Robert B. Wallace, Richard J. Bonnie. sexual abuse and severe physical abuse) has not adopted the “perpetratorvictim” model commonly embraced by advocates for battered women (Melton and Andrews, 2000). There are some ...
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 |