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Elder abuse
— new approaches to an age-old problem | | Author(s) | Kathleen H Wilber, Erica K Nielsen |
| Journal title | Public Policy and Aging Report, vol 12, no 2, Winter 2002 |
| Publisher | National Academy on an Aging Society, Winter 2002 |
| Pages | pp 1, 24-27 |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Since elder abuse achieved prominence as a social problem more than 20 years ago, the field has been plagued with inconsistent and shifting definitions. Elder abuse encompasses a diverse and unsavoury landscape, including: physical abuse; sexual abuse; emotional or psychological abuse; financial or material abuse; abandonment; neglect; and self-neglect. Because there has been no US national policy, states individually determine their own standards for what constitutes abuse, how vulnerable groups should be identified, who should be protected, and what form that protection should take. This article outlines the extent of the problem in the US, who are the perpetrators and victims, and unresolved issues. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020423207 A |
| Classmark | QNT: 7T |
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