Addresses some of the perplexing issues involved in understanding and responding to elder-abuse offenders. Offers a typology of offenders to elucidate the dynamics when people mistreat the elderly. (Contains 13 references.) (Author)

Describes the dynamics of abuse that is grounded in the abuser's need to gain and maintain control over the victim and will show how relying on the caregiver-stress model may place victims in greater danger. (Contains 16 references.) (Author)

The ethics education program for home health aides in New Jersey centers around a casebook focusing on four issues: (1) autonomy and decision making; (2) identification and treatment of clients suspected of being victims of abuse and neglect; (3) decisions to terminate life support; and (4) allocation of limited resources. (SK)