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| Abuse of older men | | Author(s) | Jordan I Kosberg |
| Journal title | Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, vol 19, no 1/2, 2007 |
| Pages | 191 pp (whole issue) |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Older men ; United States of America ; England. |
| Annotation | This issue of the Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect is co-published as a monographic separate by the Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press. The focus is on the abuse of older men, which represents an extension of elder abuse literature and emanates from a growing body of knowledge that suggests that there may be particular causes of, and consequences from, adversity faced by men in general and older men in particular. The ten articles in this issue offer reasons for believing abused older men under-use community resources, and that this under-use may be due to the failure of men to admit to having problems through denial, embarrassment and stoicism. It is be suggested that older men may not be attracted to some resources, or have high dropout rates from others, as a result of the characteristics of the formal caregivers, clients or patients, the type of intervention, or the agency structures and procedures. Contributors are academics or practitioners from diverse backgrounds (law, health care, psychology, sociology and criminology) and work in elder abuse or related areas. The articles represent a broad range of concerns - sexual abuse, abuse by intimate partners, and benign neglect in the health care field - and originate from research findings and/or practice experiences from family medicine, adult protective services and social service departments. Overall, it is argued that attention to the abuse of older men should be no different from that paid to older women. In the final analysis, the reasons for the abuse are often similar. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080418206 A |
| Classmark | QNT: BC: 7T: 82 |
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