Medicine

Protection in In-home Care for the Elderly

Preventing and Identifying Abusive Situations – Supporting Care Recipients and Caregivers

by Barbara Baumeister, Trudi Beck (editors)

Description

Why and how are elderly people abused when they receive care in their own homes? How can this abuse be identified and prevented?

The authors explains why the elderly are abused when they receive at-home care, differentiate between various forms of abuse, and demonstrate how it can be identified. They present interventions and provide tools for preventing and identifying abuse and for supporting care recipients and caregivers.

Target Group: Geriatric nurses, social workers, geriatricians

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Hogrefe, vorm. Verlag Hans Huber
  • Orginal LanguageGerman
  • ISBN/Identifier 9783456856643
  • Publication Country or regionSwitzerland
  • FormatPaperback
  • Primary Price 29.95 EUR
  • Pages216
  • ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Original Language TitleSchutz in der häuslichen Betreuung alter Menschen – Misshandlungssituationen vorbeugen und erkennen – Betreute und Betreuende unterstützen
  • Edition1
  • Copyright Year2017

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