“The major section of Johnson's work is an annotated bibliography of material written since 1975 concerning mistreatment in family settings. The multidisciplinary background of the authors is reflected in the selection of books, chapters, articles from both popular and scholarly journals, government documents, and assorted unpublished writings. The lengthy and well-written annotations comment on topic, objective, method, findings, and conclusions. Other sections of the book include an unannotated list of references, a directory of organizations providing services to older persons, and the text of the Model Adult Protective Services Act. An author index and a system of cross-classification by discipline of author, specific subject, and approach give adequate access to the references. The coverage of the literature in this bibliography is more extensive than in [other books]. Johnson's guide is a welcome addition to the bibliography of gerontology.”–Choice
Book Description
Reported cases of elder abuse are on the rise and many victims are turning to the civil justice system for help. This book will help you create a framework for working with other providers to help offer the best aid for the abused elderly. By building on multidisciplinary approaches at the local, state, and national levels, this book provides a way in which these systems and areas of concentration can work together in providing a multidisciplinary approach for ending elder abuse.
Book Description
Adult males in old age may, like older women, be victims of abuse - yet scant attention in either research or service provision reflects this. Drawing on in-depth interviews with eleven older men who have experienced abuse, Jacki Pritchard presents much-needed practical guidance for professionals working with older men.
She describes the kind of abuse experienced by the men (including financial abuse, physical and emotional neglect and sexual abuse) and establishes in detail the needs of older male victims of abuse (including having a place of safety, medical care, continuous support from carers, cultural needs and the need to talk about their experiences). She then presents clear guidelines for both the initial assessment of need and for good practice in long-term care. This book will enable all those working with older people better to understand the phenomenon of the abuse of older men and to apply this understanding to effective service provision.
Reviewer:
Reports of guardians stealing from their wards' bank accounts and other wise abusing guardianship powers are surfacing with disturbing regularity. 'This problem is going to get bigger and bigger,' says E. Bentley Lipscomb, AARP's Florida state director and a former state secretary of elder affairs. - GUARDIANS DRAWING INCREASED SCRUTINY, AARP Bulletin. Read also "The Retirement Nightmare" by Diane Armstrong. Get the real truth about the fraud and abuse of the elderly and not so elderly by a corrupt probate system and guardians. To avoid a guardianship in the State of Florida, and other states, should be of paramount importance. Find out how to protect yourself and your loved ones with alternatives: health care surrogate, durable power of attorney, mediation and more. Consider that if you leave your parents to fend for themselves, and ignore the deterioration associated with aging, a guardian can gain a guardianship over them and their assets, without informing you. That guardianship will nullify the most meticulous of plans.
