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| A social capital approach to the prevention of elder mistreatment |
| Author(s) | William A Donohue, Jayson L Dibble, Lawrence B Schiamberg |
| Journal title | Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, vol 20, no 1, 2008 |
| Pages | pp 1-24 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Informal care ; Citizenship ; Social interaction ; Participation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The current demographic landscape features an increasing number of older individuals in the care of some trusted other. Being cared for by the trusted other raises the potential for mistreatment of the older person by that trusted other. This paper explores the possibility of preventing elder mistreatment by increasing the bridging and bonding social capital available to caretakers. Attending to social capital lets researchers expand their focus toward areas rarely examined through current stress-outcome models (e.g. interpersonal interactions). First, elder mistreatment and social capital are defined and discussed. (One definition of social capital is "the potential to access resources through social relations".) Then a model is put forward that details how social capital might mitigate the effects of caretaker stress and decrease the probability that caretakers will engage in elder mistreatment in both home and long-term institutional settings. Implications for future research and practical intervention are discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080422209 A |
| Classmark | QNT: P6: IKC: TMA: TMB: 7T |
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