INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF ELDER ABUSE AND MISTREATMENT

1. Perspectives on Elder Abuse and Mistreatment from Selected Countries and Regions: A Preamble
2. Why More Pilot Studies of Elder Mistreatment Are Necessary
3. United States Issues in Elder Abuse
4. Coordinating Elder Abuse Prevention and Treatment Across Organizations in the USA
5. Elder Abuse in Mexico
6. Elder Abuse in Chile: Evidence, Legal Regulations and Immediate Challenges
7. The Power of Elder Abuse Networks in Canada: A Model for Social Change
8. The IPRAS Model: Montréal’s Integrated Police Response for Abused Seniors
9. Violence Toward Elderly Adults. Cases Registered During the Years 2015–2017 in a National Program in Peru
10. Elder Abuse—An Examination of the Situation in Jamaica
11. Marginality and Elder Abuse in Puerto Rico: An Emerging Social Problem
12. Elder Abuse and the Human Rights Approach—Insights and Experiences from Finland
13. Elder Abuse in Romania: Work in Progress
14. Violence and Maltreatment of the Elderly in Hungary
15. Care of Elderly in Portugal: Official Data and Scientific and Professional Challenges
16. Prevention of Elder Abuse in Germany
17. Elder Abuse and Mistreatment in Flanders: Prevalence and Prevention
18. Elder Abuse and Adult Safeguarding in UK
19. Coping with Elder Abuse in Israel: The Multi-systemic Model
20. The Elderly as Social Victims of Modernization: Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly in Turkey
21. Reflections on Elder Abuse and Mistreatment in India
22. Elder Abuse and Mistreatment in Nepal
23. Elder Abuse and Older Women’s Vulnerability: A Growing Concern in Bangladesh
24. Situational Overview of Elder Abuse in Sri Lanka
25. The Road of Korean Society’s Fight Against Elder Abuse
26. Japan’s 10-Year Legislative Experience, Current Status and Future Challenges in Preventing Elder Abuse
27. A Multidisciplinary Care Management Approach to Preventing and Managing Elder Abuse: The Singapore Experience
28. Elder Abuse in Chinese Populations
29. Designing Australian Responses to Elder Abuse: Issues and Challenges
30. Elder Abuse in Australia
31. Prevalence of Elder Abuse in Emuhaya Sub-county, Vihiga County, Kenya
32. Elder Abuse and Mistreatment in the Community in Nigeria: A Myth or Reality?
33. Older People in Liberia: An Afterthought for Policy Development
34. Elder Abuse in Africa

This first-of-its-kind work on elder abuse and mistreatment provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the subject. Covering almost all regions of the world, it highlights different dimensions of elder abuse and mistreatment in terms of their prevalence, incidence, prevention, treatment, management and response from governments and civil society, academic and research communities, and society in general. Written by international specialists from various disciplinary and presenting the latest findings and data, the handbook includes sections on the Americas; the Caribbean; Europe; Central, West and South Asia; East Asia and Asia-Pacific; and Africa. The chapters offer clarity on the concept and forms of elder abuse and neglect, discuss research methodology, and provide policy options, legislative solutions and programmatic responses to give relief to older people as victims of abuse and neglect as well as to deal with the perpetrators. This book is intended for a wide range of students and researchers interested in aging, from sociology, to social work, community medicine, public health, clinical psychology, and human rights/law.

Features
• Comprehensively covers nine regions of the world in one volume
• Discusses governmental policies; citizen responses; societal attitudes; and legal, medical and other support networks related to abuse of the elderly
• Includes contributions from scholars with social science, legal, medical, and behavioural science backgrounds