International Perspectives on Elder Abuse

ISBN-13: 9780415694056 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 250 str.

Amanda Phelan

Opis

Elder abuse has been increasingly recognised over the past ten years in many countries and progress has been made in both understanding and addressing the issue. This volume provides an international overview of the topic. Opening with an examination of what elder abuse is, Amanda Phelan sets it in a theoretical context and looks at assessment and approaches to the issue in residential and community care environments. The book then presents a range of country studies, which provide an overview of the context of elder abuse in the country and a discussion of related policy, legislation, research and practice.

Spis treści

1. Elder Abuse: An Introduction  Amanda Phelan  2. Australia  Susan Kurrle  3. Canada  Lynn McDonald  4. China  Agnes Tiwari, Elsie Chau-Wai Yan and Margaret Lee  5. Ireland  Amanda Phelan  6. Israel  Ariela Lowenstein and Israel (Issi) Doron  7. Kenya  Isabella Aboderin and Nesta Hatendi  8: Latin America  Lia Daichman and Liliana Giraldo  9: Norway  Astrid Sandmoe  10. Spain  Isabel Iborra, Yolanda García and Ester Grau  11. United Kingdom  Bridget Penhale  12. United States of America  Joy Swanson Ernst and Patricia Brownell  13. Concluding Thoughts  Amanda Phelan

O autorze

Amanda Phelan is Subject Head of Older Persons’ Nursing in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, University College Dublin and Co-Director of the UCD National Centre for the Protection of Older People. She is also the national representative for the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and secretary for the All Ireland Gerontological Nurses’ Association.