Aging, ageism and abuse : moving from awareness to action /

Population aging is occurring world wide. Reports of abuse and neglect of older men and women are also evident on a global basis. While much of the work on identification, treatment and prevention of abuse of older persons has been within the family setting, it cannot be separated from the broader e...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Gutman, Gloria M., Spencer, Charmaine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Elsevier insights.
Subjects:
Abused older people.
Abused older people > Services for.
Older people > Abuse of > Prevention.
Ageism.
�Agisme.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Elder Abuse.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Eldercare.
Abused older people
Ageism
Older people > Abuse of > Prevention
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • AUTHORS' BIOGRAPHIES
  • CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
  • Charmaine Spencer and Gloria Gutman
  • CHAPTER 2
  • SOCIAL ISSUES AND SOCIAL POLICY RESPONSE TO ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF OLDER ADULTS
  • Patricia Brownell
  • CHAPTER 3: ABUSE IN LATER LIFE: WHEN AND HOW DOES GENDER MATTER?
  • Jill Hightower
  • CHAPTER 4
  • THE INVISIBLE PROBLEM OF ABUSED OLDER MEN
  • Jordan I. Kosberg
  • CHAPTER 5
  • ABUSE OF LESBIAN, GAY, TRANSGENDER AND BISEXUAL ELDERS
  • Chris Morrissey
  • CHAPTER 6
  • UNION PERSPECTIVES ON ABUSE PREVENTION IN LONG-TERM CARE: CURRENT SITUATION, FUTURE POSSIBILITIES
  • Marcy Cohen
  • CHAPTER 7- ABUSE OF OLDER ADULTS: AN ONTARIO CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERSPECTIVE
  • Patricia Fleischmann
  • CHAPTER 8
  • SENECA COLLEGE'S DESIGN FOR SOCIAL CHANGE COURSE: AN EXAMPLE OF SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION IN AN ELDER ABUSE SOCIAL MARKETING CAMPAIGN
  • Paul Shecter and Patricia Fleischmann.

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