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)
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
