Advances in Elder Abuse Research

Amanda Phelan is an Associate Professor in the University College Dublin School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Systems, and also holds several positions in the School, namely, Associate Dean for Global Engagement, Subject Head of Older Persons’ Nursing and Co-Director of the National Centre for the Protection of Older People. She is programme director for the Gerontological programmes in the School and her research interests and peer-reviewed publications are in the areas of safeguarding adults, public health, discourse analysis, expertise in gerontological nursing and missed care in nursing. Amanda serves on the National Advisory Committee in Sage (Advocacy and Support for Older People), an international research advisor for the National Initiative for Care of the Elderly (University of Toronto) since 2013 and elder abuse research in Norway funded by the Norwegian Research Council. In 2017, She was appointed to the Expert Advisory Group of the Irish Citizens’ Assembly for the module on ‘How we best respond to the challenges and opportunities of an ageing population’.

• Chapter 1. Introduction (Amanda Phelan).- Chapter 2. The intersection of ageism and elder abuse (Amanda Phelan & Liat Ayalon).- Chapter 3. Policy and its implementation in elder abuse emphasizing new and changed legislation (Ariela Lowenstein & Israel Doran).- Chapter 4. Person centred approaches in capacity legislation (Amanda Phelan & Patricia Rickard Clarke).- Chapter 5. Elder Abuse Policy—Past, Present, and Future Trends (Pamela Teaster).- Chapter 6. Sexual abuse of older people (Wenche Malmedal).- Chapter 7. Self neglect (Mary Rose Day).- Chapter 8. Financial abuse of older people (Amanda Phelan).- Chapter 9. Empowering older people to financially protect themselves (Deirdre O Donnell).- Chapter 10. Dementia and elder abuse (Claudia Cooper).- Chapter 11. Elder abuse in the LGBT population (Gloria Gutman).- Chapter 12. Gender issues in elder abuse (Bridget Penhale).- Chapter 13. Resident to resident aggression (Thomas Goergen).- Chapter 14. An ecological perspective on elder abuseinterventions (Amanda Phelan & Deirdre O Donnell).- Chapter 15. Elder abuse forensic centres (Laura Mosqueda).- Chapter 16. Conclusion.