Elder Mistreatment: Deciding Who Is at Risk, Vol. 21 »

TANYA FUSCO JOHNSON is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

The work provides an understanding of varieties of starting points in mistreatment identification; a discussion of risk factors and varieties of mistreatment measures; a review of the state of the art in risk instruments; and an assessment model for providers who are not specialists in geriatrics or elder mistreatment.

Preface

Why Human Services Professionals Are Needed in the Mistreatment Identification Process

Definitional Starting Points in Elder Mistreatment Risk Instruments

Risk Factors and Their Theoretical Roots

Distinguishing among Mistreatment Measures

Elder Mistreatment Identification Instruments: Finding Common Ground

A Risk Assessment Model for Multidisciplinary Settings

Future Directions in Elder Mistreatment Assessment of Risk

Appendices: Lead Agencies in Adult Protective Services: Contact Persons

Report-Receiving Authorities within Jurisdictions

Health Status Risk Assessment

Prevention Strategies

Bibliography

Index