Elder abuse : understanding issues, frameworks and responses
Kaspiew, Rae
Elder abuse : understanding issues, frameworks and responses Rae Kaspiew, Rachel Carson and Helen Rhoades - Melbourne, Vic : Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2016 - electronic document (59 pages); PDF file: 1.65 MB; available in HTML - AIFS research report .
AIFS research report, 2016, no. 35
This report provides an overview of elder abuse in Australia - including its characteristics, context, and prevention. First, it considers definitional issues and what is known about prevalence and incidence, risk and protective factors, and the dynamics surrounding disclosure and reporting. The report then sets out evidence on the demographic and socio-economic features of the Australian community that are relevant to understanding social dynamics that may influence elder abuse, including intergenerational wealth transfer and the systemic structures that intersect with elder abuse. Lastly, the report considers legislative and service responses and Australian and overseas approaches to prevention. (From the website). Record #4959
978-1-76016-082-1 (Online)
ELDER ABUSE
FINANCIAL ABUSE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
OLDER PEOPLE
PREVALENCE
PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE
RISK FACTORS
SOCIAL SERVICES
SUPPORT SERVICES
PREVENTION
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
AUSTRALIA
Elder abuse : understanding issues, frameworks and responses Rae Kaspiew, Rachel Carson and Helen Rhoades - Melbourne, Vic : Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2016 - electronic document (59 pages); PDF file: 1.65 MB; available in HTML - AIFS research report .
AIFS research report, 2016, no. 35
This report provides an overview of elder abuse in Australia - including its characteristics, context, and prevention. First, it considers definitional issues and what is known about prevalence and incidence, risk and protective factors, and the dynamics surrounding disclosure and reporting. The report then sets out evidence on the demographic and socio-economic features of the Australian community that are relevant to understanding social dynamics that may influence elder abuse, including intergenerational wealth transfer and the systemic structures that intersect with elder abuse. Lastly, the report considers legislative and service responses and Australian and overseas approaches to prevention. (From the website). Record #4959
978-1-76016-082-1 (Online)
ELDER ABUSE
FINANCIAL ABUSE
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
OLDER PEOPLE
PREVALENCE
PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE
RISK FACTORS
SOCIAL SERVICES
SUPPORT SERVICES
PREVENTION
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
AUSTRALIA