Abuse of Older Persons: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Human Services of the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, First Session, March 23, 1981, Cambridge, Mass |
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abuse and neglect Abuse of Older abuse reporting adult protective services advocacy agency ALVAREZ American Bar Association BARNEY FRANK Bergman BIAGGI block grant Boston Legal Center child abuse Committee on Aging criminal CRIST DAHLIN daughter DAVIDSON deal director district attorney domestic violence drugs elder abuse elder victims elderly persons family members family violence fear Federal Government FRANK funds going GRIESEL groups hearing Human Services institutionalized institutions kind lack law enforcement legal services legislation living major mandatory reporting law Massachusetts medicaid ment mental health mental hospitals mentally competent Norfolk County Northampton State Hospital nursing homes older persons overt abuse patients percent physical abuse problem of abuse problem of elder professionals programs respite care SCHWARTZ shelters situation social services South Carolina spouse abuse staff stress studies talking Thank things tion treatment Washington D.C. woman workers
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Page 12 - O'Malley (1979, p. 2) defines elder abuse as "the willful infliction of physical pain, injury or debilitating mental anguish, unreasonable confinement or willful deprivation by a caretaker of services which are necessary to maintain mental and physical [health...
Page 2 - March 1982 study by the Subcommittee on Human Services of the House Select Committee on Aging found that 10 states were reducing adult day-care services.
Page 46 - The promise of case finding legislation is that when a case is found something will be done about it. The legislatures that require reporting but do not provide the means for further protective action delude themselves and neglect children.
Page 54 - Many would prefer not to acknowledge that such abuse exists — it is alien to the American ideal. Even abused elderly are reluctant to admit their children, loved ones, and those entrusted with their care have assaulted them. For this reason, the abuse of our elderly at the hands of their children until recent times has remained a shameful and hidden problem. This...
Page 31 - Thank you. [The prepared statement of Mr. Schwartz follows :] PREPARED STATEMENT OP STEVEN J.
Page 15 - For example, 86 percent of the population 65 years or older has at least one chronic condition (National Council on Aging, 1978).