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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... participation and coordination of a broad array of public agencies. As the consciousness of health professionals has been raised, family violence has been embraced as a public health problem, thereby recruiting researchers and advocates ...
... participants perceive them. • Case reports have little value in studying some forms of mistreatment that are rarely reported to adult protective services agencies, such as mistreatment in institutional settings. Because elder ...
... participants whose decisional capacity is impaired, and the proper responses to evidence of mistreatment elicited during the course of the study. The panel recommends that the National Institute of Aging, in collaboration with the ...
... participants are protected from harm and that, under appropriate circumstances, IRBs will permit investigators to take voluntary steps to protect subjects in danger. 145 Moving Forward: Chapter 9 An adequate long-term funding commitment ...
... participants in such a relationship, the elder and the person—or persons—responsible for care or protection or expected to provide care or protection for the elder. Such a relationship may arise formally or informally and may be ...
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 |