Understanding financial elder abuse in families: The potential of routine activities theory

Ageing and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 599-614

  Setterlund, Deborah ^a   Tilse, Cheryl ^a   Wilson, Jill ^a   McCawley, Anne Louise ^a   Rosenman, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asset management; Family care; Financial elder abuse; Routine activities theory

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; FINANCE; MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34548580796     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X07006009     Document Type: Article

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