| Description |
1 online resource (255 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction to the Worldwide Face of Elder Abuse -- Introduction -- A Brief History of Elder Abuse -- Disciplinary Approaches for Understanding Elder Abuse -- Social Work -- Health Care and Prevention -- Medicine -- Public Health -- Law -- Human Rights -- Knowledge and Theories -- Impacts on Individual Victims, Families, and Societies, and the Effects of COVID-19 -- The Effects of COVID-19 -- Effects of Elder Abuse on Family Members -- The Worldwide Wide Face of Elder Abuse-Scans I and II -- Methods -- Findings -- Promising Paths Forward |
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Organization of the Book -- Conclusion -- References -- Regional Overview for the Regional Office for Africa -- Profile 1: Robert Butler -- References -- Chapter 2: Elder Abuse in Africa with a Special Focus on Nigeria -- Introduction -- Case Study 1 -- Case Study 2 -- Scope of the Problem -- Types of Abuse -- Theory and Conceptual Framework -- Demographic Characteristics -- Victims of Elder Abuse -- Perpetrators of Elder Abusers -- The Caregiving Context -- Consequences of Elder Abuse -- Protective Factors and Societal Responses Towards Elder Abuse and Neglect -- Conclusion -- References |
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Regional Overview for the Eastern Mediterranean -- Profile 2: Elizabeth Lau -- References -- Chapter 3: Between Treasuring and Mistreatment: Elder Abuse in the Eastern Mediterranean Region -- Introduction -- Background -- Types of Abuse -- Prevalence and Implications of Elder Abuse -- Ageing and Elder Abuse Context in the Eastern Mediterranean Region -- Conceptualising Elder Abuse in the Eastern Mediterranean Region -- Case Study of Elder Abuse in the EM Region: Evidence from Iran -- Prevalence of Elder Abuse in Iran -- Elder Abuse Risk Factors: Evidence from Iran |
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Consequences of Elder Abuse: Evidence from Iran -- Iranian Policy and Programming for Problem Prevention and Intervention -- Conclusion -- References -- Regional Overview for South-East Asia -- Profile 3: Suzanne Steinmetz -- References -- Chapter 4: Elder Abuse in India: Cultural Implications, Prevention Strategies, and Legislative Actions -- Introduction -- Case Studies -- Themes and Underlying Principles/Policies that Emerge from the Case Studies -- Cultural Expectations -- Legislative Underpinnings -- Types of Elder Abuse and Perpetrators |
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Initiatives to Create Greater Awareness of Elder Abuse -- Conclusion -- References -- Regional Overview for the Americas -- Profile 4: Rosalie Wolf -- References -- Chapter 5: Elder Abuse in the Context of Health Services in Mexico -- Introduction -- Case 1: Abandonment of Older People in Emergency and Hospitalization Areas -- Case 2: Abuse Towards Older People by Health Service Providers -- Understanding the Problem -- Socio-Demographic Environment: Situation of Older People -- Definitions and Forms of Abuse -- Contexts of the Occurrence of Abuse -- Abuse in Family and Community Contexts |
| Summary |
This book provides a picture of the abuse of older adults, organized by World Health Region and locating the problem within an areas historic and present societal treatment of older persons. An actual and emblematic case study of the abuse of an older adult frames each chapter. Using the case study as a touchstone, each chapter guides the readers understanding of elder abuse in the region or country through the use of empirical data and research on the problem, explaining its usefulness and limitations as well as guiding frameworks utilized to address the problem. The book highlights the efforts of leading figures in each area or region who are addressing the problem, explaining existing policies and future initiatives to address the abuse of older adults. By providing a holistic and person-centered picture of the issue and problem of elder abuse, based on actual experiences as well as national and international statistics and research and politics and policy, this book is an invaluable resource for students, academics, social service practitioners, health professionals, law enforcement, and policymakers around the world |
| Notes |
Abuse in the Context of Health Services |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 13, 2023) |
| Subject |
Older people -- Abuse of.
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Older people -- Abuse of -- Case studies
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Older people -- Abuse of
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Teaster, Pamela B. (Pamela Booth)
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Anetzberger, Georgia J. (Georgia Jean)
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Podnieks, Elizabeth.
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| ISBN |
9783031348884 |
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3031348885 |
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