ELDER ABUSE
http://www.elderabusecenter.org National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) is the largest complete website for elder abuse on the web. This site contains information on not only sexual abuse but other elder abuses including physical, emotional, financial/material exploitation, neglect, abandonment and self-neglect. This site provides links to over 35 sites on aging. There are education and professional training films available from this site, numerous publications, data information and current information. The Elder Abuse Awareness Kit is the most complete resource kit for protecting older people and people with disabilities.
http://www.seniorlaw.com
This site contains multiple links to other websites with elder abuse information.
Links included are: Administration on Aging of the Department of Health and
Human Services, American Bar Association, National Center on Elder Abuse, New
York Abuse Coalition, California Registry: Elder Abuse, National Coalition Against
Domestic Violence, CAVNET (Communities Against Violence), Family Violence Prevention
Fund, National Victim Center, U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims
of Crime, U.S. Department of Justice National Institute of Justice, Michael
Schwartz' Compendium of Elder Abuse Law, and the Bauman & Rasor Group, Inc's
Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Information Center.
http://www.geocities.com/~elderly-place/abuse16.html
This website contains Elder& Nursing home Abuse Resources. Information on
the following topics can be found at this website: signs and symptoms of abuse,
how to report abuse, possible causes of elder abuse and prevention, elder abuse
in a nursing home and a review of what nursing home abuse and neglect consists
of. This website is very direct and easy to navigate. Users can click on certain
topics of interest and go directly to the page of interest.
http://www.wiggin.com
This is a legal website that contains enacted laws that affect clients of social
work professional's. Once you enter this website you must conduct a more specific
search. This site gives the policy number and a very detailed summary of the
law. Following is a partial list of questions this site answers: What are the
categories of criminal abuse, who can be charged with the crime of abuse, does
this new law target nursing homes and nursing home administrators, what constitutes
"abuse", what does "intentional" abuse mean and what does
if mean to "knowingly" commit abuse? . At the end of the provided
law information there is a contact person's name, phone number and email address
for further information or clarification of that particular law.
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/elderabuse This site contains information on elder abuse and the definitions of the different types of abuse. This site was most helpful with the statistics on abuse among the elderly. It is also reported among the professions who are mandated to report abuse or suspected abuse.
http://www.suntimes.com/special_sections/elder/cst-nws-elder16.html
This site highlights how the elderly suffer abuse in silence and can be abused
by lawyers, nurses, friends, and family members. There is a strong focus on
the neglect and financial abuse and examples of convicted abusers are provided.
The Department of Aging investigative and prosecution procedures are described.
This site also gives information on various resources and laws in different
states.
http://www.preventelderabuse.org/issues/culture.html
National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse: The Role of Culture in
Elder Abuse.
The brief site allows readers to gain insight on the impact that culture plays
within a family system. It provides 10 areas/questions about elderly care taking
that should be assessed when working with elder abuse cases. There are links
to other issues related to elderly care, prevention, reduction and available
resources for professionals, caregivers and the elderly. The reader will discover
some of the services offered through mental health, the type of counseling options
for victims and legal assistance for victims of abuse. The site informs you
about how to reduce stresses of being a caregiver. It is culturally sensitive
to the needs of elderly minorities.
http://www.dvinstitute.org/proceedings/98/98part6.htm
Domestic Violence Across the Lifespan of African Americans
This site focuses on maltreatment of minorities and rural poor. There are three
articles that discuss the identity of victims. The special themes related to
under reporting of elder abuse of African Americans. The first article talks
the denial of the victim and abuser to report due to possible stigma and distrust
of agencies empowered to provide services for this type of abuse. The reader
is made aware of how the believe and value system of African American can contribute
to continuation of abuse within this racial group. The author invites other
researchers to look at the unique cultural system that the elderly experience
through their lifespan. The second article discusses different media that can
be used to inform a community in a sensitive manner of elder maltreatment. The
article provides strategies that can be used in many communities and states.
The third article discusses how artistic therapy can be used to help resolve
some of the trauma that black females experience as they age. The author develops
her technique while working as in a female prison setting. The project can be
applied to communities that have large populations of elderly black females.
http://www.legalrightsfyi.com/elder_abuse.html This web document deals with "Have You Been A Victim of Elder Abuse" from the legal aspect of elder abuse. The website describes three types of elder abuse: domestic, institutional and self-neglect. It also describes several ways that elderly can be abused: physical, psychological or emotional, financial, neglect and abandonment.
http://www.trynova.org/Victims/elderly_abuse.html This website describes the increasing diverse places where adults are residing such as nursing homes, hospitals, assisted living care, board and care facilities, group foster homes, sheltered care, adult family care homes and adult day care among others. It gives the caregivers clues as to what to look for when choosing facilities for their loved ones and what types of abuse occurs in residential care facilities. The types of adult abuse consist of financial abuse or exploitation, caregiver neglect, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and sexual abuse.