Elder abuse and nursing : what nurses need to know and can do about it / Carol A. Miller.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to elder abuse for nurses : forms, settings, risks, and consequences -- Elder abuse in domestic settings by a trusted other -- Elder abuse in domestic settings : self-neglect -- Elder abuse in long-term care facilities -- Cultural considerations related to elder abuse -- Laws related to elder abuse and roles of nurses as reporters -- Tools and guides for nurses to detect elder abuse -- Ethical issues related to elder abuse for nurses -- Unique aspects of nursing assessment related to elder abuse -- Unique aspects of nursing interventions related to elder abuse -- Resources for addressing elder abuse -- Nurses in action addressing domestic elder abuse across settings -- A nurse in action caring for a self-neglecting older adult -- A nurse as a member of a multidisciplinary team preventing elder abuse -- Financial abuse of older adults in its many forms and guises -- Sexual abuse of older adults in its many forms and guises.

Nurses are required by law to report elder abuse even when it is suspected but not verified. This is the only research-based and clinically oriented text that applies what is known about different forms of elder abuse in domestic and long-term care settings to the everyday experiences of practicing nurses. Content not only addresses legal and ethical concerns, but also serves as an essential guide to caring for older adults, delineating the role of nurses in detecting, suspecting, reporting, assessing, intervening for, and preventing elder abuse in all clinical settings. Detailed and unfolding case studies throughout the text illustrate nurses in action as they address elder abuse in commonly encountered nurse-client or nurse-patient situations. Chapters show nurses in various health care settings how to address elder abuse issues relating to older adults, caregivers, perpetrators, and situational influences. Each section provides nurses with crucial information about how to access essential resources for addressing specific aspects of elder abuse like self-neglect, domestic abuse, abuse in long-term care settings, financial abuse, and sexual abuse. In-depth guides help nurses apply their usual nursing assessment and intervention skills to unusual situations when they care for older adults who are in actually or potentially abusive situations. In an easy-to-use and clinically applicable format, concise tools and guides throughout the book highlight core facets of elder abuse and the role of nurses. Each chapter concludes with Key Points: What Nurses Need to Know and Can Do to highlight the content that is most applicable to nursing care of older adults. Key Features: Presents essential facts about different forms of elder abuse and applies the information to nursing care of older adults in various clinical settings; Describes key criteria for nurses to use for recognizing, assessing, intervening for, and reporting elder abuse; Addresses legal, ethical, cultural, and interprofessional care considerations; Provides numerous guides to nursing assessment and interventions that address elder abuse; Describes many types of case examples illustrating nurses in action addressing situations of elder abuse; Includes words of older adults describing their experiences and perceptions of elder abuse; Includes words and thoughts of nurses describing their reflections on and perceptions of elder abuse situations; Concludes each chapter with Key Points: What Nurses Need to Know and Can Do. -- Provided by publisher.

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