Download or read book Elder Abuse and Its Prevention written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elder Abuse and Its Prevention is the summary of a workshop convened in April 2013 by the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Global Violence Prevention. Using an ecological framework, this workshop explored the burden of elder abuse around the world, focusing on its impacts on individuals, families, communities, and societies. Additionally, the workshop addressed occurrences and co-occurrences of different types of abuse, including physical, sexual, emotional, and financial, as well as neglect. The ultimate objective was to illuminate promising global and multisectoral evidence-based approaches to the prevention of elder maltreatment. While the workshop covered scope and prevalence and unique characteristics of abuse, the intention was to move beyond what is known about elder abuse to foster discussions about how to improve prevention, intervention, and mitigation of the victims' needs, particularly through collaborative efforts. The workshop discussions included innovative intervention models and opportunities for prevention across sectors and settings. Violence and related forms of abuse against elders is a global public health and human rights problem with far-reaching consequences, resulting in increased death, disability, and exploitation with collateral effects on well-being. Data suggest that at least 10 percent of elders in the United States are victims of elder maltreatment every year. In low- and middle-income countries, where the burden of violence is the greatest, the figure is likely even higher. In addition, elders experiencing risk factors such as diminishing cognitive function, caregiver dependence, and social isolation are more vulnerable to maltreatment and underreporting. As the world population of adults aged 65 and older continues to grow, the implications of elder maltreatment for health care, social welfare, justice, and financial systems are great. However, despite the magnitude of global elder maltreatment, it has been an underappreciated public health problem. Elder Abuse and Its Prevention discusses the prevalence and characteristics of elder abuse around the world, risk factors for abuse and potential adverse health outcomes, and contextually specific factors, such as culture and the role of the community.
Download or read book Elder Mistreatment written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-02-06 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 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. Elder Mistreatment in an Aging America takes a giant step toward broadening our understanding of the mistreatment of the elderly and recommends specific research and funding strategies that can be used to deepen it. The book includes a discussion of the conceptual, methodological, and logistical issues needed to create a solid research base as well as the ethical concerns that must be considered when working with older subjects. It also looks at problems in determination of a report's reliability and the role of physicians, EMTs, and others who are among the first to recognize situations of mistreatment. Elder Mistreatment in an Aging America will be of interest to anyone concerned about the elderly and ways to intervene when abuse is suspected, including family members, caregivers, and advocates for the elderly. It will also be of interest to researchers, research sponsors, and policy makers who need to know how to advance our knowledge of this problem.
Download or read book Perceptions of Elder Abuse written by Amy Lynn Christianson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Perceptions of Elder Abuse and Help seeking Patterns Among Different Ethnic and Age Groups written by Scott William Code and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Understanding Elder Abuse in Minority Populations written by Toshio Tatara and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-10-30 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1999. Research on elder abuse in the United States has made great strides in recent years. As a result, we have been able to define and discover the causes of elder abuse, design tools to assess the risk of abuse, develop and implement treatment and prevention strategies, and evaluate programs for victims and perpetrators. However, this research has been derived from studies whose subjects were primarily Caucasian. This is not because elder abuse does not take place in minority communities, but rather because researchers wanted first to study the issue in its broadest sense.
Download or read book Legal Development and Public Perceptions of Elder Abuse written by Franklin Louis Robinson (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book European Report on Preventing Elder Maltreatment written by Dinesh Sethi and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elder maltreatment is pervasive throughout the WHO European Region: at least 4 million elderly people are estimated to experience maltreatment in any one year and 2500 of them will die each year. Most countries in the region have an ageing population, putting increasing numbers of people at risk. This report highlights the biological, social, cultural, economic and environmental factors that influence the risk of being a victim or perpetrator of elder maltreatment, as well as the protective factors that can help prevent it. There is some evidence of effective interventions, including psychological programs for perpetrators and programs designed to change attitudes towards older people, improve the mental health of caregivers and, in earlier life, to promote nurturing relationships and learn social skills. The evidence base needs to be strengthened, but surveys show that the public and policy-makers are already concerned about the problem. This report proposes a set of actions for Member States, international agencies, nongovernmental organizations, researchers, practitioners and other stakeholders to strengthen the policy response and devote adequate resources to the issue.
Download or read book Elder Abuse Work written by Jacki Pritchard and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The abuse, neglect and exploitation of older people in community and residential care settings is increasingly being recognised and addressed as a serious social concern in Britain and Canada. Elder Abuse Work gives an overview of the developments and issues in both countries and draws out good practice guidelines.
Download or read book Public Perceptions of Elder Abuse written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Perceptions of Elder Abuse Among Future Mandated Reporters written by Makiko Sato and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between ethnic identity/ethnicity and perceptions of elder abuse among future mandated reporters, using the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM) and eight elder abuse scenarios in a sample of 197 students in Health Care Administration, Nursing, and Social Work. Results indicated a significant relationship between ethnic identity and the perceptions of elder abuse among future mandated reporters. There were no significant differences among ethnic groups, majors, or age groups on the overall perceptions of abuse. Students had significantly different perceptions depending on abuse types. Neglect was the least obvious abuse type. There was a significant difference in reporting attitudes among majors. Social Work and Nursing majors were more likely to report elder abuse cases compared to students in Health Care Administration. Recommendation for education and future research are included.
Download or read book Social Worker Perceptions about Elder Abuse written by Ruth L. Dooley and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Perceptions of Elder Abuse and Help seeking Patterns Among Taiwanese Elderly Women written by Hsin-Wen Chang and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Perceptions of Elder Abuse Among Native American Seniors written by Twyla Beth Baker-Demaray and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Elder Abuse written by XinQi Dong and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-22 with total page 725 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Resident Abuse in Nursing Homes written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Elder Abuse and Nursing written by Carol A. Miller, MSN, RN-BC and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only text about elder abuse specifically for nurses in clinical settings. Nurses are required by law to report elder abuse even when it is suspected but not verified. This is the only research-based and clinically oriented textthat applies what is known about different forms of elder abuse in domestic and long-term care settings to the everyday experiences of practicing nurses.Content not only addresses legal and ethical concerns, but also serves as an essential guide to caring for older adults, delineating the role of nurses indetecting, suspecting, reporting, assessing, intervening for, and preventing elder abuse in all clinical settings. Detailed and unfolding case studiesthroughout the text illustrate nurses in action as they address elder abuse in commonly encountered nurse-client or nurse-patient situations. Chapters show nurses in various health care settings how to address elder abuse issues relating to older adults, caregivers, perpetrators, and situationalinfluences. Each section provides nurses with crucial information about how to access essential resources for addressing specific aspects of elder abuselike self-neglect, domestic abuse, abuse in long-term care settings, financial abuse, and sexual abuse. In-depth guides help nurses apply their usualnursing assessment and intervention skills to unusual situations when they care for older adults who are in actually or potentially abusive situations. Inan easy-to-use and clinically applicable format, concise tools and guides throughout the book highlight core facets of elder abuse and the role of nurses.Each chapter concludes with Key Points: What Nurses Need to Know and Can Do to highlight the content that is most applicable to nursing care of olderadults. Key Features: Presents essential facts about different forms of elder abuse and applies the information to nursing care of older adults in various clinical settings Describes key criteria for nurses to use for recognizing, assessing, intervening for, and reporting elder abuse Addresses legal, ethical, cultural, and interprofessional care considerations Provides numerous guides to nursing assessment and interventions that address elder abuse Describes many types of case examples illustrating nurses in action addressing situations of elder abuse Includes words of older adults describing their experiences and perceptions of elder abuse Includes words and thoughts of nurses describing their reflections on and perceptions of elder abuse situations Concludes each chapter with Key Points: What Nurses Need to Know and Can Do
Download or read book An Exploratory descriptive Study of African American Caregivers Perceptions of Elder Abuse written by TraChanel Diane Williams and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
