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Elder abuse and neglect
— policy issues for two very different problems | | Author(s) | Terry Fulmer, Gregory Paveza, Lisa Guadagno |
| Journal title | Public Policy and Aging Report, vol 12, no 2, Winter 2002 |
| Publisher | National Academy on an Aging Society, Winter 2002 |
| Pages | pp 15-18 |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Neglect [care] ; Social policy ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Elder abuse and neglect are serious and potentially lethal syndromes that are estimated to affect between 700,000 and 1.2 million older Americans each year. Elder abuse and neglect have long been discussed together, to the point where they are inadvertently confused with each other. In the late 1970s, mandatory reporting laws for elder abuse and neglect were passed in State legislatures. At the same time, initial research on the topic of abuse and neglect was under way, albeit with small, non-representative sample sizes and questionable conclusions. The research, along with the reporting laws, helped create a social awareness of the problems of abuse and neglect which has been valuable in documenting events and circumstances that are unacceptable in older people's lives. However, the lack of differentiation between abuse and neglect has led to a lack of clear policy and follow-up procedures, which need to be tackled. This paper outlines the differences, and discusses how policies might differ, in order to resolve or prevent the serious consequences involved in both. It lists the Delphi Panel of Elder Mistreatment Experts' theoretical definitions of the different forms of abuse. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020423208 A |
| Classmark | QNT: QNR: TM2: 7T |
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