Selected References
The following is a list of
selected references and does not represent a full literature search on the
issue of elder abuse.
The details given
for each title in the following list will enable them to be borrowed
through inter-library loan or purchased from a bookshop.
Students who have difficulty
obtaining books and/or copies of journal articles from libraries are
advised to consult their tutors.
General
books
It is suggested that the
following 6 publications form a good introduction to the subject.
Bennett,
G and Kingston, P. (1993) Elder Abuse: concepts, theories and
interventions. London, Chapman & Hall.
Biggs,
S. Phillipson, C. and Kingston, P. (1995) Elder Abuse in Perspective.
Buckingham, Open University Press.
Brogden, M and Nihar, P (2000). Crime, abuse and the elderly.
Cullompton, Willan
Publishing.
Decalmer, P and Glendenning, F. (eds) (1997) The mistreatment of elderly people. Second
edition. London, Sage.
McCreadie, C.
(1996) Elder abuse: update on research.
London, Age Concern Institute of Gerontology, Kings College,
London.
Slater, P and
Eastman, M (eds) (1999) Elder abuse: critical issues in policy and
practice. London, Age Concern England.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Books
Aitken,
L. and Griffin, G. (1996) Gender issues in elder abuse. London, Sage.
BMA and The Law
Society. (1995) . Assessment of mental capacity - guidance for doctors and
lawyers. London, BMA and The Law Society.
Clough, R.
(1995) Abuse in residential
institutions. London, Whiting & Birch.
Bennett, G,
Kingston, P and Penhale, B. (1997) The dimensions of elder abuse.
London, MacMillan.
Kingston, P.
and Penhale, B. (eds) (1995) Family violence and the caring professions.
London, Macmillan.
Pritchard, J.
(ed) (1999) Elder abuse work – Best practice in Britain and Canada.
London, Jessica Kingsley.
Pritchard, J
(2000) The needs of older women: services for victims of elder abuse and
other abuse. Bristol, The
Policy Press.
Reports
Buckinghamshire
County Council (1998) Independent Longcare Inquiry. Buckinghamshire, BCC.
Report on case of two homes for people with learning disabilities
suspected of wilful neglect of their residents.
Camden and
Islington NHS Trust (1999) Beech House Inquiry – Report of the internal
inquiry relating to the mistreatment of patients residing at Beech House,
St Pancras Hospital during the period March 1993-April 1996. London,
Camden and Islington NHS Trust.
Stevenson, O.
(1996) Elder protection in the community: what can we learn from child
protection? London, Age Concern Institute of Gerontology, King’s College
London.
Government
papers
Department of
Health (2000) No Secrets: The protection of vulnerable adults –Guidance
on the development and implementation on multi-agency policies and
procedures. London, HMSO.
Department of
Health (1999) Fit for the Future? National required standards for
residential and nursing homes for older people. London, HMSO.
Department of
Health (1998) Modernising Social Services. London, HMSO.
Home Office
(1999) Action for justice – implementing the ‘Speaking up for
Justice’ report on vulnerable or intimidated witnesses in the Criminal
Justice system in England and Wales. London, Home Office Communication
Directorate.
Home Office
(1998) Speaking up for Justice. London, HMSO.
Law Commission
(1995) Mental incapacity. London, HMSO.
Lord
Chancellors Office (1999) The Public Trust Office: A Quinquennial Review.
London, HMSO.
Lord
Chancellors Office (1999) Making Decisions. London, HMSO.
Lord
Chancellors Office (1997) Who decides? Making decisions on behalf of
mentally incapacitated adults. London, HMSO.
National
Assembly for Wales (1999) In Safe Hands - The implementation of adult
protection procedures in Wales. Cardiff, National Assembly for Wales
National Audit
Office (1999) Public Trust Office – Protecting the financial welfare of
people with mental incapacity. London, HMSO.
Scottish
Executive (1999) Making the right moves. Edinburgh, Scottish Executive.
Policy statement on mental capacity.
Journal Articles
It
should be possible to obtain copies of journal articles at specialist
and/or academic libraries or through inter-library loan.
Ashton, G
91997) The legal dilemmas of risk and restraint. Eagle, April/May, pp 4-8
Brammer, A. and
Biggs, S. (1998) Defining Elder Abuse. Journal of Social Welfare and
Family Law, vol.20 no.3, pp 285-304. Examines four definitions of elder
abuse from policy and socio-legal perspectives and considers implications
of assumptions that lie behind them.
Brown, H and
Stein, J (1998) Implementing adult protection policies in Kent and East
Sussex. journal of Social policy, vol.27(3), pp371-396. Arguments for
consistent reporting are set out and the tension which exists between
formal and information approaches to investigation of abuse are discussed
with reference to American vulnerable adult statutes.
Clarke M and
Ogg J. (1994) Recognition and prevention of elder abuse. Journal of
Community Nursing, May 1994, pp 4&6 and June 1994, pp 4, 6&9.
Discusses the implications for community nurses, focusing on risk factors
in domestic settings.
Eastley, R J et
al. (1993) Assaults on professional carers of elderly people. British
Medical Journal , 2 October 1993, p 845. This study aimed to establish the
rates of assaults on staff caring for elderly people in various
residential settings.
Homer, A and Gilleard,C. (1990) Abuse of elderly people by their carers. British
Medical Journal, 15 December 1990, pp 1359-62. A study to assess the
prevalence of elder abuse by their carers and the characteristics of both
the abused and abuser
Kingston, and
Penhale, B. (1994) A major problem needing recognition: assessment and
management of elder abuse and neglect.
Professional Nurse, vol. 5, February 1994, pp 343-344&346-347.
Identifies nurses' need for improved knowledge on elder abuse to
enable them to be effective in multidisciplinary care and assessment.
Kingston and Phillipson, C. (1994)
Elder abuse and neglect. British Journal of Nursing, vol. 3 no. 22, pp
1171-1172&1189-1190. Discusses the difficulties in defining elder
abuse, describing the characteristics, and suggesting how nurses may
recognise abuse and employ appropriate interventions.
Langan, J In
the best interests of elderly people? The role of local authorities in
handling and safeguarding the personal finances of elderly people with
dementia. Journal of Social Welfare and Family law, vol.19(4), pp 463-477.
Draws on research into the policies and procedures of 27 local authorities
Manthorpe,J. (1999) Older People.
Community Care Research Matters, October 1993-April 2000, pp 34-36. An
overview of recent research on financial protection, institutional abuse
and abuse within ethnic minority communities.
Manthorpe, J
and Bradley, G (1998) Under-protection
and over-protection: managing the risk of financial abuse. Breakthrough,
vol.1., no.1,pp 35-43. argues that financial abuse has been comparatively
neglected in work with users of mental health services.
McCreadie, C.
and Quigley, L. (1999) Figuring out adult abuse. Community Care 4-10th
February, pp 24-25. Draws lessons from an experiment in Sheffield
monitoring adult abuse.
McCreadie, C.
and Tinker, A. (1993) Abuse of elderly people in the domestic setting: a
UK perspective. Age&Ageing, vol. 22, January 1995, pp 65-69.
Distinguishes the different kinds of abuse, and draws conclusions about
the need for future research.
McCreadie, C;
Bennett, G; Tinker, A (1998) Investigating British general
practitioners’ knowledge and experience of elder abuse: report of a
research study in an inner London borough. Journal of Elder Abuse and
Neglect, vl.9(3), pp 23-39. Includes particularly significant finding that
84% of a sample of 62 GPs had an older patient in an abuse situation.
Ogg, J and
Bennett, G. (1992) Elder abuse in Britain. British Medical Journal, vol.
305, 24 October, pp 998-999. Report of a national survey which questioned
older people about abuse by family members or close relatives.
Ogg, J and
Bennett, G. (1992) Screening for elder abuse in the community. Geriatric
Medicine, February 1992, pp 63-64&66-67. Suggests some practical
methods for screening for elder abuse by general practitioners.
Ogg,J and Munn-Giddings, C. (1993)
Researching elder abuse, Ageing and Society, vol. 13, September 1993, pp
389-413. Discusses the methodological and ethical issues which need to be
considered when researching elder abuse.
Penhale,
B. (1993) The abuse of elderly people: considerations for practice,
British Journal of Social Work, April 1993, pp97-111. Considers some of
the barriers to the identification of abuse, its similarities to other
forms of family violence and the resulting implications for social work
practice.
Vernon, M and
Bennett, G. (1995) Elder abuse: the case for greater involvement of
geriatricians. Age and Ageing, vol. 24, May 1995, pp 177-179.
Suggests that geriatricians have the skills to identify and should
become involved with confronting elder abuse.
International References
Journal
of Elder Abuse and Neglect. This international journal is available from
the Haworth Press Inc, 10 Alice Street, Binghampton, NY13904-1580, USA.
Breckman, R and Adelman, R. (l988) Strategies for helping victims of elder mistreatment.
Human Services Guide. California, Sage.
Lachs, S and Pillemer, K. (1995) Abuse and neglect of elderly persons. New England
Journal of Medicine, vol. 332 no. 7, 16 February 1995, pp 437-443. Reviews
what is known about the clinical epidemiology of abuse and neglect of the
elderly and outlines strategies (for physicians) for evaluation and
management.
Penhale, B.
(1998) Bruises on the Soul: Older Women, Domestic violence and Elder
abuse. BOLD published by International Institute on Ageing, vol.8
no.2 pp16-30.
Pillemer, K and
Hudson, B. (1993) A model abuse prevention program for nursing assistants.
The Gerontologist, vol. 33 no. 1, pp 128-132. An abuse prevention
programme was designed for use by nursing assistants in long term care
facilities. The programme had three aims, to increase staff awareness of
actual and potential abuse, to provide appropriate prevention strategies
and to therefore to reduce abuse.
Wolf,
R and Pillemer, K. (l989) Helping elderly victims: the reality of elder
abuse, Columbia Studies of Social Gerontology.
