1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910702681403321

Titolo

Overseas outlook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Blind

Blind, Periodicals for the

Blind - Books and reading

Bibliographies.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780916803321

Titolo

A global response to elder abuse and neglect [[electronic resource] ] : building primary health care capacity to deal with the problem worldwide : main report

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, Switzerland, : World Health Organization, c2008

ISBN

1-282-25006-X

9786612250064

92-4-068372-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (150 p.)

Disciplina

362.11

Soggetti

Older people - Abuse of

Older people - Abuse of - Prevention

Primary health care

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Result of a joint research program undertaken by the World Health Organization Ageing and Life Course Dept. and the Center for



Interdisciplinary Gerontology at the University of Geneva.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements; CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Executive summary; Résumé d'orientation; Resumen técnico; 1 Research background; 1.1 What is elder abuse and neglect?; 1.2 Preliminary work; 1.3 Elder abuse and neglect and the role of PHC professionals; 1.4 Detecting elder abuse in a PHC setting; 2 The project; 2.1 Aims and objectives; 2.2 The Elder Abuse Suspicion Index; 2.3 Research design and methodology; 3 Findings and discussion; 3.1 Focus groups with older people; 3.2 Focus groups with PHC professionals; 3.3 Implications of the results for the EASI tool

3.4 Workshop with social workers3.5 Workshop with PHC professionals and social workers; 4 Recommendations and conclusions; 5 References; 6 Project team; Project coordinators; Research partners and experts; Collaborating and piloting centres/country coordinators of the national studies; Report evaluators; Proof-reader; Annex 1: Focus groups research protocol; Annex 2: Social work evaluation form; Annex 3: PAHO manual; Annex 4: Summaries of country reports; Summary of report from Australia; Focus groups; Workshops; Summary of report from Brazil; Focus groups; Workshops

Summary of report from ChileFocus groups; Summary of report from Costa Rica; Focus groups; Workshops; Summary of report from Kenya; Focus groups; Workshops; Summary of report from Singapore; Focus groups; Workshops; Summary of report from Spain; Focus groups; Workshops; Workshop with PHC professionals and social workers; Summary of report from Switzerland; Focus group discussions; Workshops

Sommario/riassunto

Until very recently, elder abuse was a social problem hidden from public view and mostly regarded as a private matter. Evidence is accumulating, however, to indicate that elder abuse, which includes the pervasive issue of neglect, is an important public health and societal problem that manifests itself in both developing and developed countries. From a health and social perspective, unless the primary health care and social services sectors are well equipped to identify and deal with the problem, elder abuse will continue to be underdiagnosed and overlooked.WHO Ageing and Life Course Programme