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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1999. Research on elder abuse in the United States has made great strides in recent years. As a result, we have been able to define and discover the causes of elder abuse, design tools to assess the risk of abuse, develop and implement treatment and prevention strategies, and evaluate programs for victims and perpetrators. However, this research has been derived from studies whose subjects were primarily Caucasian. This is not because elder abuse does not take place in minority communities, but rather because researchers wanted first to study the issue in its broadest sense.
Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgments. Tatara, Introduction. Elder Abuse in Black Communities. Hall, Abuse of Black Elders in Rhode Island. Griffin, Elder Maltreatment in the African American Community: You Just Don't Hit Your Momma!!! Benton, African Americans and Elder Mistreatment: Targeting Information for a High Risk Population, Elder Abuse in Hispanic Communities. Sanchez, Elder Mistreatment in Mexican-American Communities: The Nevada and Michgan Experience. Mitchell et al, Issues in the Provision of Adult Protective Services to Mexican-American Elders in Texas: An Overview. Sanchez, Elder Abuse in the Puerto Rican Context. Elder Abuse in Asian American Communities. Moon, Elder Abuse and Neglect among the Korean Elderly in the United States. Tomita, Exploration of Elder Mistreatment among the Japanese. Elder Abuse in American Indian Communities. Brown, Patterns of Abuse among Native American Elderly. Dilemmas Surrounding Elder Abuse and Neglect in Native American Communities. Elder Abuse in Multicultural Perspectives: Theory and Practice. Hudson, Carlson, Elder Abuse: Its Meaning to Caucasians, African Americans, and Native Americans. Nerenberg, Culturally Specific Outreach in Elder Abuse. Rittman, Kuzmeskus, Flum, A Synthesis of Current Knowledge on Minority Elder Abuse. Concluding Remarks. Index.
