ix, 179 pages ; 23 cm

Product Description: Addresses key issues facing older people and our entire society. Topics include care pathway model, guidelines for health care professionals, understanding elder abuse in minority populations, moral and ethical implications of elder abuse, sexual violence against elderly women, helping victims, and more. For public health personnel

Includes bibliographical references and index

Foreward / John C. Rother -- Introduction / Randal Summers and Allan Hoffman -- Elder abuse: definition and scope of the problem / Tina Fryling, Randal Summers and Allan Hoffman -- Care pathway model and guidelines for health care professionals / Tom Miller -- Caregiver stress and nurse/health therapist identification of abuse in the home / Denise Bender -- Understanding elder abuse in minority populations / Paulina Ruf -- International/cultural perspectives on elder abuse / Mary Newman-- The moral ethical implications of elder abuse / Dawn Oetjen and Reid Oetjen -- Hidden within the golden years: intimate partner violence and abuse against older women / Bonnie Fisher, Therese Zink and Saundra Regan -- Verbal abuse and communication neglect in the elderly / Helen Sorenson -- Sexual violence against elderly women / Joanne Ardovini -- Helping victims: social services, health care interventions in elderly abuse / James Anderson and Nancie J. Mangels -- Conclusion / Randal Summers and Allan Hoffman

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