Abuse of the Elderly : : Issues and Annotated Bibliography / / ed. by Benjamin Schlesinger, Rachel Schlesinger.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Blank, Arthur,; Girard, Paul,; Goldstein, Stanley E.,; Hudson, J. Edward,; Podnieks, Elizabeth,; Schlesinger, Benjamin,; Schlesinger, Rachel Aber,; Schlesinger, Rachel,; Sharpe, Gilbert,; Shell, Donna J.,; Vadasz, Mish,
• HerausgeberIn: Schlesinger, Benjamin ,; Schlesinger, Rachel,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1988
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (198 p.)

Abuse of the elderly -- physical, psychological, institutional, sexual, financial, and criminal victimization -- remained a largely undefined social problem until the end of the 1970s. Senior citizens seem not to report any abuse for fear of losing the little support they may have from their friends...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• 1. Grannybashing
• 2. Elder abuse: an overview
• 3. Elder abuse: it's time we did something about it
• 4. Elder abuse and its impact on hospital social work
• 5. Elder abuse: an assessment team Beth Israel Hospital Assessment Team
• 6. The protection of elderly mentally incompetent individuals who are victims of abuse
• 7. Elder abuse: summary of results - Manitoba
• 8 . The elderly: abuse or abusers
• 9. Family abuse of the elderly
• 10. Abuse of the elderly: known and unknowns
• Annotated bibliography
• Resources
• Author index
• About the editors