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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... injury prevention and public health to the field (Institute of Medicine, 1999). Many of the preventive and protective tools developed in the context of intimate partner violence have now been directed to violence against elders ...
... some form (either under an umbrella definition of “abuse” or as separately defined elements) at least the following types of mistreatment: (1) physical acts causing pain or injury; 34 2 Concepts, Definitions, and Guidelines for Measurement.
... injury and/or mental suffering/anguish "Abuse" definition may include |solation Deprivation of essential services, and/or Unreasonable confinement, and/or Abandonment, and/or Inappropriate use of medications and/or restraints in the ...
... injury) or by a failure to satisfy a legal duty of care (leading to unmet needs). If the elder has been injured—we refer here to financial injury as well as physical and emotional injury—or otherwise put at risk by the actor's ...
... injury or deprivation); each of these elements can be operationalized descriptively for research purposes. C includes all injuries or threats to survival or health, by whomever caused, including self-inflicted injury or “self-neglect ...
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 |