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Crime prevention series
Elder abuse
Published in:
Crime prevention for older Australians
Marianne Pinkerton James
Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1993
ISBN 0 642 18631 6 ; ISSN 1031-5330
(Crime prevention series)
Abstract
James discusses the different types of elder abuse and neglect; detection of elder mistreatment; the need for standardised procedures for the identification and referral of elder abuse cases among community welfare services; intervention by the abuse; counselling and support services; and prevention programs, particularly respite care and other support for caregivers.