Elder Abuse Detection and Intervention: A Collaborative Approach by B. Brandl,C. B. Dyer,C. J. Heisler,M. J. Otto,L. A. Stiegel,and R. W. Thomas |
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Authors: | Pamela B. Teaster PhD Tenzin Wangmo BA |
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Affiliation: | Graduate Center for Gerontology , University of Kentucky , Lexington, KY |
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Abstract: | Mediation has recently been developed in America to help seniors deal with their disputes. Some Long Term Care Ombudsmen and their volunteers have also been trained in mediation for use in institutional conflicts. This paper suggests that elder mediation, through its voluntary, non-coercive process, has the potential for enhancing elder rights, providing an acceptable form of minimal social intervention, and contributing to the prevention of elder abuse at early stages of relational conflicts between elders and their carers. |
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Keywords: | Elder mistreatment abuse older women intimate partner violence interpersonal abuse |
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