| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 134 pages) : illustrations, forms |
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Acknowledgements; CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Executive summary; Résumé d'orientation; Resumen técnico; 1 Research background; 1.1 What is elder abuse and neglect?; 1.2 Preliminary work; 1.3 Elder abuse and neglect and the role of PHC professionals; 1.4 Detecting elder abuse in a PHC setting; 2 The project; 2.1 Aims and objectives; 2.2 The Elder Abuse Suspicion Index; 2.3 Research design and methodology; 3 Findings and discussion; 3.1 Focus groups with older people; 3.2 Focus groups with PHC professionals; 3.3 Implications of the results for the EASI tool |
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3.4 Workshop with social workers3.5 Workshop with PHC professionals and social workers; 4 Recommendations and conclusions; 5 References; 6 Project team; Project coordinators; Research partners and experts; Collaborating and piloting centres/country coordinators of the national studies; Report evaluators; Proof-reader; Annex 1: Focus groups research protocol; Annex 2: Social work evaluation form; Annex 3: PAHO manual; Annex 4: Summaries of country reports; Summary of report from Australia; Focus groups; Workshops; Summary of report from Brazil; Focus groups; Workshops |
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Of report from ChileFocus groups; Summary of report from Costa Rica; Focus groups; Workshops; Summary of report from Kenya; Focus groups; Workshops; Summary of report from Singapore; Focus groups; Workshops; Summary of report from Spain; Focus groups; Workshops; Workshop with PHC professionals and social workers; Summary of report from Switzerland; Focus group discussions; Workshops |
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Until very recently, elder abuse was a social problem hidden from public view and mostly regarded as a private matter. Evidence is accumulating, however, to indicate that elder abuse, which includes the pervasive issue of neglect, is an important public health and societal problem that manifests itself in both developing and developed countries. From a health and social perspective, unless the primary health care and social services sectors are well equipped to identify and deal with the problem, elder abuse will continue to be underdiagnosed and overlooked. WHO Ageing and Life Course Programme |
| Notes |
Result of a joint research program undertaken by the World Health Organization Ageing and Life Course Dept. and the Center for Interdisciplinary Gerontology at the University of Geneva |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Summaries also in French and Spanish |
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Print version record |
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Older people -- Abuse of.
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Older people -- Abuse of -- Prevention
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Primary health care.
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Primary care (Medicine)
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Elder Abuse -- prevention & control
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Primary Health Care
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MEDICAL -- Hospital Administration & Care.
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Primary care (Medicine)
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Older people -- Abuse of.
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Older people -- Abuse of -- Prevention.
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Primary health care.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
World Health Organization. Ageing and Life Course Unit.
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Université de Genève. Centre interfacultaire de gérontologie.
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| ISBN |
9789240683723 |
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9240683720 |
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