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Download full textMorrow, Marilyn J.; Doyle, Kathleen – 1984
The Elder Abuse Awareness Project was developed to determine the incidence of abuse and neglect of elderly people in several rural counties in central Illinois. A primary purpose of the study was to survey service providers as to their actual encounters with elder abuse and neglect. Each provider was asked about warning signs or cues that were…
Descriptors: Community Services, Crisis Intervention, Elder Abuse, Family Problems
Peer reviewedAgeing International, 1985
Discusses various aspects of elder abuse: characteristics of victims, common forms of abuse, categories of abuse, victim-abuser relationship, characteristics of abusers, practical responses to the problem, and policy implications and research needs. (CT)
Descriptors: Community Services, Counseling Services, Elder Abuse, Family Problems
