Duty Bound: Elder Abuse and Family Care

by Suzanne Steinmetz

Overview

Reporting the results of a study on abuse of the elderly by adult children, Dynamics of Elder Abuse examines the impact that caring for an elderly patient has on the lives of middle-aged and sometimes elderly caregiving offspring.

The data are derived from in-depth interviews with 104 caregivers, and is used to detail the daily tasks of caregivers and the resulting stress, conflict and abuse. Correlating information such as the nature of the tasks performed and the amount of stress and burden perceived by the caregiver, Steinmetz analyzes the relationship between the level of dependency, stress produced by the dependency and the level of abuse, and addresses intergenerational patterns of control and abuse interaction

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803929197
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	08/01/1988
Series:	SAGE Library of Social Research , #166
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	8.92(w) x 7.94(h) x 0.57(d)

Table of Contents

The Other Side of the Mountain
Prestige and Power or Pity and Poverty
An Historical Overview of Elderly in America
Parenting Your Parent
A Contemporary Analysis of the Problem
Elders and Their Caregivers
A Profile
In Their Best Interest
To Care or Not to Care
Is it Worth the Effort? The Impact of Stress on Caregivers and Their Families
Elder Abuse
Victims and Perpetrators
Patterns, Perceptions and Predictions