ELDER ABUSE. RESEARCH, PRACTICE AND POLICY

1. Toward Definitions of Elder Mistreatment
2. Theorizing Elder Abuse
3. Global Prevalence of Elder Abuse in the Community
4. Elder Abuse in Long Term Care and Assisted Living Settings
5. Risk Factors of Elder Abuse
6. The Consequences of Elder Abuse
7. Epidemiology of Elder Self-neglect
8. Financial Exploitation of Older Adults
9. Screening for Elder Abuse: Tools and Effectiveness
10. The Role of Technology in Elder Abuse Research
11. A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Clinical Management of Elder Mistreatment
12. Medical Decision-Making Capacity and Ethical Considerations
13. Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Quality Measure: The Elder Maltreatment Screen and Follow-Up Plan
14. The Aging Network
15. Adult Protective Services and the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
16. Elder Abuse Victims’ Access to Justice: Roles of the Civil, Criminal, and Judicial Systems in Preventing, Detecting, and Remedying Elder Abuse
17. Guardianship Systems
18. Elder Abuse Forensics: The Intersection of Law and Science
19. Elder Abuse Multidisciplinary Teams
20. Elder Abuse Prevention Interventions
21. Elder Abuse and Culture: Africans and African Americans
22. Elder Abuse and Neglect in Asia
23. Elder Abuse and Culture: Latino Anthropological and Ethnographic Experiences
24. Disrespect: Native American Elder Abuse
25. Coping with Abuse Inside the Family and Out: LGBT and/or Male Victims of Elder Abuse
26. Role of the Community and Community-Based Participatory Research in Elder Abuse
27. History of the Elder Justice Movement
28. Senate Special Committee on Aging Hearings and GAO Reports
29. Shades of Charles Dickens: Elder Abuse Policy Past, Present, and Yet to Be
30. The Elder Justice Act: Bridging the Gap Between Health and Public Policy
31. Department of Justice: Elder Maltreatment Initiatives
32. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: An Overview of Elder Abuse Prevention Initiatives
33. Future Directions: Translational Research in Elder Abuse
34. Elder Abuse: Education and Training
35. Future Directions in Public Policy Relating to Elder Abuse

This book provides a global comprehensive and systematic state-of-the review of this field that fills the gaps between research, practice, and policy. The book addresses the epidemiology of the issue and the global prevalence of elder abuse in both developed and developing countries, which synthesizes the most up-to-date data about risk factors and protective factors associated with elder abuse and consequences of elder abuse; clinical assessment and management of elder abuse, including screening, detection, management of elder abuse, and the role of decision making capacity and forensic approaches; practice and services that describe adult protective services, legal justice, elder court systems, and guardianship system; elder abuse and culture, which provides more in-depth anthropological and ethnographic experiences; policy issues, which highlights the elder justice movement, GAO reports, elder justice act, older American act and elder justice coordinating council; and future directions, which explores translational research, practice, education/training and policy issues surrounding elder abuse.
Elder Abuse: Research, Practice and Policy is a useful resource for aging researchers, social services, general internists, family medicine physicians, social workers, nurses, and legal professionals interested in the issues of elder abuse.

Features
• Provides a comprehensive review of elder abuse issues
• Written by experts in the field
• Includes current scientific research, practice, and policy information

Author
Xin Qi Dong, MD, MPHGeriatric MedicineRush University Medical CenterChicago, Illinois, United States of America