Elder Abuse: Research, Practice and PolicyXinQi Dong This book provides a global comprehensive and systematic state-of-the review of this field that fills the gaps between research, practice, and policy. The book addresses the epidemiology of the issue and the global prevalence of elder abuse in both developed and developing countries, which synthesizes the most up-to-date data about risk factors and protective factors associated with elder abuse and consequences of elder abuse; clinical assessment and management of elder abuse, including screening, detection, management of elder abuse, and the role of decision making capacity and forensic approaches; practice and services that describe adult protective services, legal justice, elder court systems, and guardianship system; elder abuse and culture, which provides more in-depth anthropological and ethnographic experiences; policy issues, which highlights the elder justice movement, GAO reports, elder justice act, older American act and elder justice coordinating council; and future directions, which explores translational research, practice, education/training and policy issues surrounding elder abuse. Elder Abuse: Research, Practice and Policy is a useful resource for aging researchers, social services, general internists, family medicine physicians, social workers, nurses, and legal professionals interested in the issues of elder abuse. |
Contents
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Epidemiology of the Issue | 42 |
3 Global Prevalence of Elder Abuse in the Community | 43 |
4 Elder Abuse in Long Term Care and Assisted Living Settings | 67 |
5 Risk Factors of Elder Abuse | 92 |
6 The Consequences of Elder Abuse | 109 |
20 Elder Abuse Prevention Interventions | 433 |
Anthropological and Ethnographic Experiences | 458 |
Africans and African Americans | 461 |
22 Elder Abuse and Neglect in Asia | 476 |
Latino Anthropological and Ethnographic Experiences | 495 |
Native American Elder Abuse | 523 |
LGBT andor Male Victims of Elder Abuse | 541 |
26 Role of the Community and CommunityBased Participatory Research in Elder Abuse | 555 |
7 Epidemiology of Elder Selfneglect | 124 |
8 Financial Exploitation of Older Adults | 141 |
Clinical Assessment and Management of Elder Abuse | 158 |
Tools and Effectiveness | 161 |
10 The Role of Technology in Elder Abuse Research | 200 |
11 A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Clinical Management of Elder Mistreatment | 215 |
12 Medical DecisionMaking Capacity and Ethical Considerations | 229 |
The Elder Maltreatment Screen and FollowUp Plan | 247 |
Practices and Services | 294 |
14 The Aging Network | 295 |
15 Adult Protective Services and the LongTerm Care Ombudsman Program | 317 |
Roles of the Civil Criminal and Judicial Systems in Preventing Detecting and Remedying Elder Abuse | 343 |
17 Guardianship Systems | 363 |
The Intersection of Law and Science | 387 |
19 Elder Abuse Multidisciplinary Teams | 417 |
Policy Issues Surrounding Elder Abuse | 579 |
27 History of the Elder Justice Movement | 580 |
28 Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearings and GAO Reports | 595 |
Elder Abuse Policy Past Present and Yet to Be | 615 |
Bridging the Gap Between Health and Public Policy | 629 |
Elder Maltreatment Initiatives | 637 |
An Overview of Elder Abuse Prevention Initiatives | 652 |
Future Directions | 670 |
Translational Research in Elder Abuse | 671 |
Education and Training | 687 |
35 Future Directions in Public Policy Relating to Elder Abuse | 693 |
Disrespect Native American Elder Abuse | 708 |
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