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This book provides a picture of the abuse of older adults, organized by World Health Region and locating the problem within an area's 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 reader's 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.

This book offers an analytical review of the state of knowledge on elderly sexual abuse and presents new data that will confront some of the accepted ideas and some of the myths associated with this specific form of sexual violence. Sexual violence research has often considered children to be the most vulnerable population. However, another population just as vulnerable to sexual abuse but often overlooked by researchers, is the elderly. Evidence shows that elderly victims are more likely to be attacked by strangers, most likely to be victimized in their own homes, and are usually less capable of resisting a physical attack. Drawing on a large and representative dataset, Elderly Sexual Abuse offers a full and theoretically informed picture of the offenders and their crimes. In addition to a specific chapter devoted to prevention and criminal investigation, the book also connects research to practice, exploring what the findings mean for professionals working with these cases and the criminal justice system. This book is essential reading for all those engaged with sexual violence, victimization, elder abuse, and vulnerable populations.

This book provides an insight into advances in elder abuse in the areas of research, policy, practice and legislation. It provides readers with a broad understanding of the topic and considers the progress in elder abuse knowledge. The book explores the nexus of ageism and elder abuse, describes key social policies and their legislative manifestation, covers major policies and programs related to elder abuse, defines elder sexual abuse and much more. It offers the reader a comprehensive insight into new perspectives and approaches to both understanding and responding to elder abuse. As such it will be an asset to academics, students, healthcare practitioners, policy makers and the general public.

Elder Abuse: Forensic, Legal and Medical Aspects focuses on the psychological, financial and physical abuse and neglect that is widespread in elder abuse across socioeconomic levels. It provides expert information on forensic and legal topics that professionals need to understand to confront these crimes. The topics included are those most important in the detection and prosecution of elder abuse. Identification and epidemiology are discussed, as are types and presentations of abuse. Written at a level for both professionals and students who wish to gain a broader understanding of specific forensic topics in elder maltreatment, this book is an ideal source. - Covers the physical, sexual, financial and psychological types of elder abuse - Includes a section on domestic violence in the elderly, as well as wound identification - Provides a multidisciplinary approach that is emphasized with special sections on death investigation, evidence collection, the medical examiner's responsibilities, and the response of the justice system

Körperliche Beeinträchtigungen, psychische Leiden oder kleiner werdende soziale Netze können beim alten Menschen zu einer erhöhten Verletzlichkeit führen. Lange Zeit war es tabu, diese Vulnerabilität im Kontext von Gewalt zu diskutieren. In diesem Buch werden wissenschaftliche Diskussionen, neue Forschungsergebnisse, Hintergrundinformationen und Präventionsansätze zum Thema Gewalt im Alter und bei Pflegebedürftigkeit aufbereitet. Berücksichtigt sind ethische, gerontologische, rechtsmedizinische und menschenrechtliche Aspekte.

Nursing homes provide care to about 1.4 million nursing home residents—a vulnerable population of elderly and disabled individuals. CMS, an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), defines standards nursing homes must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. This book reviews the abuse of residents in nursing homes.

Research on sexual violence has been a growing area of academic study since the 1970s. However, the focus of these efforts has centred on younger women, leaving older women largely ignored in research. This book presents data from the first UK study to examine the extent, nature and impacts of sexual violence against people aged 60 and over.Drawing on both quantitative analysis of reported cases of sexual violence against people over 60 and qualitative interviews with practitioners in sexual violence and age-related organisations as well as survivors of sexual violence, this book situates the research findings in the context of feminist criminology and gerontology, and sets an agenda for future research, policy and practice.Sexual Violence against Older People is vital reading for practitioners and policymakers, and those engaged in studies of criminology, health and nursing, social work, elder abuse and violence against women.

Presents an insightful, interdisciplinary approach for preventing elder abuseEncompassing the contributions of leading scholars in public health and gerontology, this is a rich repository of key ideas, concepts and issues regarding elder abuse and the role of public health initiatives in its prevention. The text frames elder abuse as a public health problem, stressing that efforts toward prevention is well within the scope of work performed by public health professionals. It describes major public policy/public health initiatives as they relate to elder abuse, analyzes elder abuse as a global and human rights issue, and supports the development of core competencies for public health work to prevent elder abuse.The text describes in detail major theoretical and applied issues within elder abuse and grounds these issues within the core functions and essential services of public health. It then addresses skill development using the core competencies for public health professionals. The book is the first to tie the core functions and essential public health services to core public health competency domains and creates a topic-specific framework for effective public health practice. An annotated section includes the most up-to-date resources for both public health and elder abuse, including toolkits, stakeholder lists, and references. A discussion of future directions for the field sets the agenda for a committed interdisciplinary approach to ameliorating and preventing elder abuse.Key Features:Grounds elder abuse prevention within the core functions and essential services of public healthProvides a storehouse of scientific and practical information on elder abuseStresses skill development using core competencies for public health professionalsEncompasses the contributions of outstanding leaders in public health and gerontologyIncludes news stories, illustrative case examples, resources, blogs, and webinars

Raimund Pousset gibt in diesem essential eine knappe Darstellung des Senizids, die moderne Form der kulturellen Altentötung. Er beleuchtet sowohl die Geschichte als auch die aktuelle Situation einer uralten Methode. Diese seit Jahrtausenden fast überall auf der Welt praktizierte Sitte, alte ‚nutzlose‘ Menschen aktiv zu beseitigen oder sich passiv selbst zu Tode zu befördern, wird heute zunehmend wiederbelebt. Der Senizid ist in unserer modernen, aufgeklärten Gesellschaft ein namenloser und stiller Skandal. Der Autor möchte diesen stillen Tod in den Fokus einer achtsamen Fachöffentlichkeit stellen, denn die Segregation des Alters und die Kostenlawine im Gesundheitswesen lassen vermuten, dass der Senizid weiter an trauriger Bedeutung gewinnen wird.

This theological and pastoral resource addresses specific challenges to the church as it seeks to speak truthfully in the aftermath of abuse and provides material to help parishes and dioceses who find themselves facing the complex realities of such issues.

This book provides a global comprehensive and systematic state-of-the review of this field that fills the gaps between research, practice, and policy. The book addresses the epidemiology of the issue and the global prevalence of elder abuse in both developed and developing countries, which synthesizes the most up-to-date data about risk factors and protective factors associated with elder abuse and consequences of elder abuse; clinical assessment and management of elder abuse, including screening, detection, management of elder abuse, and the role of decision making capacity and forensic approaches; practice and services that describe adult protective services, legal justice, elder court systems, and guardianship system; elder abuse and culture, which provides more in-depth anthropological and ethnographic experiences; policy issues, which highlights the elder justice movement, GAO reports, elder justice act, older American act and elder justice coordinating council; and future directions, which explores translational research, practice, education/training and policy issues surrounding elder abuse. Elder Abuse: Research, Practice and Policy is a useful resource for aging researchers, social services, general internists, family medicine physicians, social workers, nurses, and legal professionals interested in the issues of elder abuse.

This book helps mental health clinicians anticipate, recognize, and respond to elder abuse. As the baby boom generation reaches retirement age, mental health clinicians will increasingly be working with older adults, some of whom will have experienced abuse or are at risk of experiencing abuse. This book will help clinicians recognize and respond appropriately should they encounter such clients in their practice. This concise, reader‑friendly book quickly familiarizes readers with essential aspects of the field of elder abuse, including risk and protective factors, the important roles played by of cognition and capacity, clinicians'legal and ethical obligations to report suspected or known elder abuse, and the purpose and function of adult protective services. Readers will learn strategies to communicate effectively with older adults, screen for cognitive deficits, detect possible abuse, and work in tandem with adult protective services. Current and emerging interventions targeting older adults and their caregivers are also reviewed, along with a brief summary of needed research. Clinicians looking to begin or enhance their practice with older adults will find Understanding Elder Abuse an invaluable resource.

The mistreatment of diverse older people in varying ways is categorized in many societies as “elder abuse and neglect,” yet this concept has not been subjected to rigorous critical inquiry. Instead, it has most often represented the interests of professionals, academics, and governments, while policy makers and researchers frequently disregard the complexity of issues that fall under the designation. The first comprehensive, scholarly critique of the topic, Contesting Elder Abuse and Neglect is an important, much-needed contribution that encourages new thinking, policies, and action regarding the treatment of older people.

Portraying people who have lived and worked in long-term nursing home facilities, Elder Care Catastrophe reveals how organizational dynamics and everyday rituals have unintentionally led to resident neglect and abuse. Backed up by research and grounded in sociological theory, this book offers alternative models for lessening the maltreatment of people living in nursing homes. It provides critical information for family members struggling with nursing home issues, nursing home employees, policy-makers, students and researchers concerned with elder care issues.

Die Autorin geht in ihrem Buch davon aus, dass die Probleme in der Altenpflege nicht als feststehende Wirklichkeit zu begreifen sind, sondern ihrerseits gesellschaftlich hergestellt werden. Aus diesem Blickwinkel erscheint die Pflegegewalt als ein Problem, das wegen seines kriminologischen Bezugs gerade auch durch kriminologische Theorie aufgebaut wird. Tina Drescher analysiert die Problemgeschichte im Lichte des viktimologischen, des situationsbezogenen und des auf Kriminalitätskontrolle abstellenden Diskurses, präventive Aspekte inbegriffen. Sie kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass sich die Gestalt des Problems der Pflegegewalt in vielerlei Hinsicht als Auswirkung der neueren theoretischen Ausrichtung in der kriminologischen Wissenschaft begreifen lässt.

Elder abuse – including neglect, abandonment, and financial exploitation, as well as physical and psychological abuse – affects millions of Americans each year, with widespread health, legal, social and economic implications. With the input of experts and stakeholders from across the country, this book identifies and prioritizes actions that direct service providers, educators, and researchers can take to benefit older adults facing abuse, neglect or financial exploitation. Likewise, it provides a roadmap for strategic investment and engagement by policymakers in both the public and private sectors to advance our collective efforts to prevent and combat elder abuse at the local, state and national levels.

Gewalt in der Pflege alter Menschen ist systemimmanent, da Gewalt nicht nur personell, sondern auch strukturell und kulturell wirksam wird. Die vorliegende Studie liefert eine ausführliche Übersicht zu den Ursachen und Präventionsmöglichkeiten auf den verschiedenen Ebenen. Vertiefend werden fehlende Fähigkeiten im Bereich der Personalkompetenz als beteiligter Faktor an der Entstehung von personeller Gewalt untersucht. Als relevante Fähigkeiten wurden dabei Reflexions- und Empathiefähigkeit sowie Kreativität identifiziert. Auf der Grundlage konstruktivistischer Überlegungen wurde ein Unterrichtsprojekt mit Altenpflegeschüler/innen im dritten Ausbildungsjahr durchgeführt, welches diese Fähigkeiten steigern sollte. Die Ergebnisse werden hinsichtlich ihrer Bedeutung für Gewaltprävention und ethische Entscheidungsfindung in der Altenpflege, sowie für die theoretische und praktische Altenpflegeausbildung interpretiert.

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2014 in the subject Nursing Science - Geriatric Care, grade: 1,7, University of Hamburg, language: English, abstract: I would like to show with this work, how violence and aggression in the stationary old person care by coworkers opposite care patients can be counteracted and by which indications coworkers ready for violence can be recognized early. Further I would like to explain the terms force and aggressions and which force - and aggression forms there are at all. Thereupon I asked myself the question, which reasons, causes and triggers lead to force and aggression opposite protection inferiors and by which manifestations force can occur. Within my literature research I was looking for media reports about violence in inpatient geriatric care. Due to the low number of reports, my interest increased again and led to further questions. Is violence in inpatient geriatric care communicated about or is it a taboo topic? At what point does violence begin? How far does an act of violence have to be carried out for the public to talk about it? Do the high demands on staff and the constant shortage of personnel lead to acts of violence against those in need of care? How can violence, perpetrated by nursing staff, be prevented? Is a concept of violence prevention in inpatient facilities helpful?

Evidence pertaining to continual violence throughout the life cycle coupled with the experience of growing old in a life permeated by intimate violence is scarce. And the focus is usually on the victims ─ usually, the older, battered women ─ and seldom on their aging partners or adult children who were part and parcel of the violent dynamics in the family system. With the increase in longevity and the older population's subsequent growth in size, the number of elderly couples living and aging in long-lasting conflictive relationships is on the rise.The relatively intense preoccupation with elder abuse in the gerontological literature in recent years has not specifically addressed long-term intimate violence among the old adults and its lasting consequences. Similarly, the literature on intimate intergenerational relationships in old age has usually focused on normative exchanges between partners and their extended family, including their adult children. Therefore, conflictive relationships, and particularly violent ones, have also fallen outside the scope of this body of research. This volume describes and analyzes the various perspectives of family members concerning life, and particularly old age, in the shadow of long-term intimate violence. It explores how people make sense out of living and aging in violence, how interpersonal, familial and cross-generational relationships are perceived and reconstructed and how “we-ness” is achieved, if at all, in such families.

Increasingly, we hear of more and more elders falling victim to financial exploitation. Although this form of elder abuse has been recognized for years, its incidence, prevalence, and impact on the common individual has been only more recently brought to the spotlight. Despite these circumstances, recognition of risk factors and indicators of financial exploitation are not widely disseminated. Additionally, once situations are identified and confronted, the knowledge of what to do next is lacking. These gaps are present within the medical community, law-enforcement, and the finance community – areas where opportunities for recognition and intervention are common. Our elders often have no idea of what to do when they see their own risk or when they fall victim. Aging and Money: Reducing Risk of Financial Exploitation and Protecting Financial Resources helps clinicians to integrate identification of such indicators of abuse into their geriatric assessment as well as guide them in performing an assessment of an individuals'financial decision making capacity when appropriate.Aging and Money: Reducing Risk of Financial Exploitation and Protecting Financial Resources is an essential new text that provides the practicing clinician with information on identifying risk factors and clinical clues associated with financial exploitation and how to incorporate these steps into their practice.