The Mistreatment of Elderly People 2/e

Introduction - Peter Decalmer and Frank Glendenning Attitudes to Older People - Frank Glendenning What Is Elder Abuse and Neglect? - Frank Glendenning Clinical Presentation and Management - Peter Decalmer Social Policy as Elder Abuse - Simon Biggs Elder Abuse and the Law - Aled Griffiths, Gwyneth Roberts and John Williams Abuse of Older People - Chris Phillipson Sociological Perspectives Rethinking Elder Abuse - Teri Whittaker Towards an Age and Gender Integrated Theory of Elder Abuse The Psychology of Elder Abuse and Neglect - Alison Marriott Insidious Abuse? Who Is Responsible for Societal Neglect? - Maggie Pearson and Sarah Richardson The Mistreatment and Neglect of Elderly People in Residential Centres - Frank Glendenning Research Outcomes Developing Social Work Practice in Protection and Assistance - Jill Manthorpe Key Issues for Nursing - Michael Davies The Need To Challenge Practice The General Practitioner and Elder Abuse - John F Noone and Peter Decalmer Sustaining Meaning - Michael Nolan A Key Concept in Understanding Elder Abuse Vulnerability and Public Responses - Jeremy Ambache Looking to the Future - Frank Glendenning and Peter Decalmer

`The edited collection by Decalmer and Glendenning is a revised and expanded version of their previous successful collection of readings. It includes a number of perspectives and different disciplines. It is therefore a welcome addition to the literature as it provides a much needed overview of the major research, theoretical and professional perspectives on the topic....The Decalmer and Glendenning text is useful in increasing awareness, knowledge and understanding about elder abuse and neglect and should, as the first edition did, attract a wide readership' - Ageing and Society `This welcome second edition has been expanded by eight chapters, balancing , as the editors state, theory and good practice....Many of the contributers are well known in the field; newer names bring new perspectives and will hopefully continue their interest in this increasingly complex and expanding knowledge base. The editors have co-ordinated a fairly balanced read. The book consolidates its position as one of the standard reference texts on the subject and also includes many unique, well-written sections on ineteresting facets of abuse of older people' - Age and Ageing