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Elder Mistreatment: Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation in an Aging America
reporting practices, 27 , 28 , 115 , 122 , 167 , 261 , 267 , 383-384 , 411-412 , 417 , 456-460
residential care facilities, 465
response time, 124 , 129-130
risk factors, 96 , 97 , 98
screening and case identification, 104 , 105-106 , 115-116 , 124 , 167 , 261 267 , 277 , 365
self-abuse and neglect, 126-127
theoretical models, 60 , 65
Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, 16
Advocacy, 14 , 15 , 17 , 130 , 136 , 239 , 251 , 256 , 316 , 356 , 388 , 418 , 419 , 422 , 423 , 429 , 430 , 489 , 490 , 505-506 , 516
African Americans, 97 , 269 , 390-391 , 466
Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 42
Age factors, 171 , 175 , 176 , 268-269
attitudes about aging and the elderly, 63 , 168 , 242 , 264-265 , 271-272 , 276 , 296 , 299 , 400 , 406
definitional issues, 41-42 , 43 , 90 , 115 , 124 , 181-237 (passim), 246
financial abuse, perpetrators, 401
forensics, 341 , 344-360 (passim)
long-term care settings, 447
nursing homes, 452
perceptions of behavior, 168
population, aging of, xiii 9-10 , 78 , 152
screening and case identification, 115 , 294
state legislation, 27 , 28 , 115 , 124 , 181-182 , 185
vulnerability, general, 41-42 , 43
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 12 , 152
AIDS, 69
Alabama, 21 , 181-182 , 394 , 424
Alaska, 182
Alcohol abuse, 21 , 91 , 94 , 95 , 242 , 270 , 282 , 293 , 294 , 296 , 299 , 355 , 357 , 398
Alzheimer’s disease, see Dementia American College of Emergency Response, 170
American Medical Association (AMA), 104 , 109 , 342 , 365 , 402
Arizona, 183 , 433
Arkansas, 183-184
Assessment, see Evaluation of interventions;
Screening and case identification
Assessment Protocol for Physicians, 365
Assisted-living settings, 4-5 , 10-11 , 62 , 64 , 80 , 86 , 133 , 134 , 467 , 469
Attitudes, 242 , 264 , 278-279 , 284 , 296 , 297 , 299 , 503
see also Depression;
Emotional abuse;
Trust relationships
about aging and the elderly, 63 , 168 , 242 , 264-265 , 271-272 , 276 , 296 , 299 , 400 , 406
financial abuse, 391-392 , 396 , 399-402 , 404 , 406 , 407 , 414 , 415 , 429 , 438
long-term care settings, 10 , 446-447
screening and case identification, 109 , 242 , 264-265 , 271-272 , 276 , 278-279 , 284 , 293 , 294 , 296 , 299 , 396
sexual abuse, 264 , 278
stigma, 69 , 242 , 243 , 264 , 278-279 , 332 , 415 , 429 , 503
Attorneys, 304
see also Guardianship and power of attorney
financial abuse, 52 , 390 , 398 , 411-412 , 413 , 423 , 433-434
reporting of abuse, 52 , 123 , 390 , 411-412 , 413
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Banks and banking, 130 , 388 , 396 , 398 , 426
incidence and prevalence research, 73 , 244
prevention of abuse, 132 , 296 , 414 , 430 , 431-433 , 435 , 437
reporting practices, 411 (n.36), 412 , 421
Bedsores, see Decubiti
Belmont Report, 303-304 , 305 , 306 , 309 , 311 , 316-318 , 319-320 , 321 , 327 , 334
Benjamin Rose Institute, 239
Biomarkers, 3 , 23 , 74 , 84 , 101-102 , 340 , 360-362
Blacks, see African Americans
Blenkner, Margaret, 239 , 243
Block grants, 14
