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Disrespect and isolation
— elder abuse in Chinese communities | | Author(s) | Sandra Tam, Sheila Neysmith |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 25, no 2, Summer 2006 |
| Pages | pp 141-152 |
| Source | http://www.utpjournals.com |
| Keywords | Chinese people ; Elder abuse ; Isolation ; Domiciliary services ; Care support workers ; Qualitative Studies ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Based on a qualitative study of home care workers, this paper aims to understand elder abuse of Chinese Canadians. The findings show disrespect is the key form that elder abuse takes in Chinese communities. as a culturally specific form of abuse, disrespect remains invisible under categories of elder abuse derived from a Western cultural perspective. Applying a social exclusion framework to understand the dynamic of elder abuse, the authors argue that as a marginalised racial minority immigrant, an older Chinese person's vulnerability to abuse is increased under conditions of social isolation. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070110210 A |
| Classmark | TKL: QNT: TP: N: QRS: 3DP: 7S |
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