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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... identified as a national concern when it was conceptualized as an “aging” issue, rather than as an undifferentiated component of adult protection. This also helped to broaden the constituencies interested in research and program ...
... identified an elderly person as “abused”—thereby embracing without further clarification the discretionary judgments of clinicians and caseworkers applying the ambiguous statutory definitions. Few attempts have been made to create ...
... identified a nationally representative sample of 20 counties in 15 states; for each county sampled, they collected data from the local APS agency as well as approximately 1100 professional “sentinels” having frequent contact with the ...
... identified, weighted survival curves from cohort inception were constructed for three subgroups of subjects: (1) those found to have sustained verified elder mistreatment (abuse, neglect, or exploitation) by another party (i.e., nonself ...
... identified a number of explanatory factors. 1. Many investigators believe that victims and family members are not suitable respondents for interview studies of elder mistreatment, because they are not reliable respondents, because they ...
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 |