...Hemant Singh Gurjar; Anita Mehta Purpose This study aims to examine the association between elder mistreatment ( EM ) and depression among older adults in India, highlighting the role of poor sleep, health and functional mediators. Design/methodology/approach Study uses cross-sectional data...

... and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Filial coercive control Older adults Safeguarding Social work Psychological elder abuse Elder mistreatment In the absence of an established definition, the term filial coercive...

...Ashfaque Ahmed Talpur; Tony Ryan; Sharron Hinchliff; Stephanie Ejegi-Memeh; Parveen Ali Purpose Elder mistreatment (EM) is a complex, universal health and social problem predominantly studied in the indigenous (white) populations of Western countries. This has led to consideration of dominant...

... Elder Mistreatment Study (Acierno et al., 2010) revealed that the overall prevalence of neglect, characterized as unmet needs, is 5.1 percent, and found that “risk of potential neglect was predicted by minority racial status, low income, poor health, and low social support” (p. 294...

...Ashfaque Ahmed Talpur; Tony Ryan; Parveen Ali; Sharron Hinchliff Purpose The purpose of this paper is to perform a review of the literature of empirical studies on elder mistreatment (EM) in South Asians, and to discuss key implications for policy, practice and research. Design/methodology...

... 2015 Older people Elder abuse Recidivism Adult protective services Elder mistreatment Protective service caseworkers The accelerated growth of the aging population of the USA has been well documented and it is anticipated that the care needs for older adults will far outstrip...