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Old Age Abuse

A new perspective

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. Mervyn Eastman

    1. Social Services Department, Enfield, Middlesex, UK

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. The Nature of Abuse

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction: the issues, practice and policy

      • Claudine McCreadie
      Pages 3-22

    3. The victims: older people and their carers in a domestic setting

      • Mervyn Eastman
      Pages 23-29

    4. Prevalence and prevention of abuse

      • Ann Homer
      Pages 31-50

    5. Caring for carers: understanding the process that leads to abuse

      • Elizabeth Hocking
      Pages 51-63

  4. Dealing with Old Age Abuse

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
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    2. Clinical diagnosis and treatment

      • Gerald Bennett
      Pages 113-123

    3. Social work practice in dealing with abuse

      • Jacki Pritchard
      Pages 125-135

    4. Considerations for practice

      • Bridget Penhale
      Pages 137-159

  5. Aspects of Abuse

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
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    2. Racial aspects of elder abuse

      • James George
      Pages 163-172

    3. Homicide in elderly couples

      • Bernard Knight
      Pages 173-178

    4. Social work and old age abuse: laying down the law

      • Phil Slater
      Pages 179-197

    5. Lifting the lid on elder abuse: questions and doubts

      • Jim Traynor
      Pages 199-211

  6. Training Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213
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About this book

Age Concern always seeks to be at the forefront in raising issues of importance as part of our continuing fight to improve the quality of life of older people. To this end we are privi­ leged in being able to draw on the skills of people with the commitment, expertise and enthusiasm to press for much needed change. When, some years ago, we published a book by Mervyn Eastman on old age abuse, the subject was largely unrecognized. He played a pioneering role in drawing atten­ tion to this difficult and sensitive topic, classifying the various types of abuse, analysing their causes, their tragic effects and the different contexts in which they were likely to occur. Earlier, when I joined Age Concern, I had been struck by the paucity of knowledge of old age abuse. My previous work with children and young people provided me with stark reminders of how much more developed both policy and prac­ tice were in dealing with the abuse of children. Even in that field there was still much to learn, and subsequent legislation, policy guidelines and codes of practice have taken us further down the road by constructing clear lines of accountability and by protecting and representing children at risk, by helping potential abusers and developing practice that avoids punish­ ing victims through removing them from their homes.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Social Services Department, Enfield, Middlesex, UK

    Mervyn Eastman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Old Age Abuse

  • Book Subtitle: A new perspective

  • Editors: Mervyn Eastman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3077-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-56593-291-3Published: 01 January 1994

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-3077-4Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 254

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Aging

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