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Elder abuse by adult children — an applied ecological framework for understanding contextual risk factors and the intergenerational character of quality of life
Author(s)	Lawrence B Schiamberg, Daphna Gans
Journal title	International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 50, no 4, 2000
Pages	pp 329-360
Keywords	Elder abuse ; At risk ; Children [offspring] ; Family relationships ; Quality of life ; United States of America.
Annotation	Five levels of environment - microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem and chronosystem - are used to organise and interpret Bronfenbrenner's research (1979, 1986 and 1997) on the risk factors associated with elder abuse. The configuration of the risk factors provides a useful framework for understanding the intergenerational character of quality of life for older people, for developing recommendations for empirically-based action research, and for the development of community-based prevention and intervention strategies. The application of a contextual perspective to the development of intervention and prevention programmes is considered, the latter in relation to primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-001201206 A
Classmark	QNT: CA3: SS: DS:SJ: F:59: 7T
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