Elder Mistreatment: Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation in an Aging America

by Richard J. Bonnie, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Law and Justice, et al.

Since the late 1970s when Congressman Claude Pepper held widely publicized hearings on the mistreatment of the elderly, policy makers and practitioners have sought ways to protect older Americans from physical, psychological, and financial abuse. Yet, during the last 20 years fewer than 50 articles have addressed the shameful problem that abusers?and sometimes the abused themselves?want to conceal.

Elder Mistreatment in an Aging America...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309084342
• ISBN13: 9780309084345
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 568 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"