Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation of Older Persons: Strategies for Assessment and Intervention - Softcover

Baumhover, Lorin A; Beall, S Colleen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853024058 ISBN 13: 9781853024054

Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1995

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Book by S Colleen Beall

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Reseña del editor:

`The text is designed as a back-up to guidelines and protocols and is aimed at practitioners in health care settings...will certainly interest readers who have a specialist interest in elder abuse...' - Professional Social Work Written for all those working in social and health care settings who work with older adults, this practical guide constitutes a current and accurate reference for detecting and managing abuse and neglect. Based on more than a decade of research, education and training in elder mistreatment, the book combines theory and practice to offer a comprehensive set of guidelines to assess whether elder abuse and neglect has occurred. It includes discussion of the different types of abuse, and equips the reader with effective intervention strategies to defuse abusive situations. It provides sound, practical guidance on: assessing physical, sexual, emotional, and financial abuse and neglect recognising the characteristics of victims and perpetrators documenting cases of mistreatment working as part of a multi-disciplinary team working with victims of elder abuse and the families after abuse has occurred training staff in long-term care facilities to detect and prevent abuse.

Biografía del autor:

Lorin A Baumhover, Ph.D., has served on the graduate faculty of the University of Alabama since 1971 and as Director of the Center for the Study of Aging since 1972. S Colleen Beall, M.S.W., Dr.P.H. is an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Alabama.

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• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1853024058
• ISBN 13: 9781853024054
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272