Elder abuse prevention [[electronic resource] ] : emerging trends and promising strategies / / Lisa Nerenberg

• Autore: Nerenberg Lisa
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Springer Pub., c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.6
• Soggetto topico: Older people - Abuse of - Prevention; Abused older people - Services for
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-281) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; ONE: Eight Trends Shaping Practice; TWO: Defining Elder Abuse: The Controversies; THREE: Service Models from Which We Have Drawn; FOUR: Factors Influencing Intervention Needs; FIVE: Preventing and Treating Elder Abuse; SIX: What Agencies, The Justice System, and Communities Can Do; SEVEN: What States and Tribes Are Doing; EIGHT: Community Outreach; NINE: Responding to Challenges; TEN: Moving Forward; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book describes what has been done and what remains to be done to prevent elder abuse, treat its effects, and ensure justice. It further addresses the broader need to fortify our long-term care, protective service, and legal systems to meet the new and imminent demands of a burgeoning elderly population. Nerenberg explores trends that have shaped or define practice in the field including the ''criminalization'' of elder abuse, the Supreme Court's Olmstead decision, an increasingly multicultural elderly population, and heightened understanding the ''psychology of victimization.''. Elder Abu
• Titolo autorizzato: Elder abuse prevention
• ISBN: 1-281-26606-X; 9786611266066; 0-8261-0338-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782464503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II