A social capital approach to the prevention of elder mistreatment

Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-23

  Donohue, William A ^a   Dibble, Jayson L ^a   Schiamberg, Lawrence B ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonding; Bridging; Caregiving; Elder abuse; Elder mistreatment; Elder neglect; Prevention; Social capital; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAREGIVER; CRIME; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADVOCACY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46449108304     PISSN: 08946566     EISSN: 15404129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J084v20n01_01     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. Adler, P. S., & Kwon, S. (2002). Social capital: Prospects for a new concept. Academy of Management Review, 27, 17-40.
2. Anders, S. L., & Tucker, J. S. (2000). Adult attachment style, interpersonal communication, competence, and social support. Personal Relationships, 7, 379-389.
3. Andersen, R. M. (1995). Revisiting the behavioral model and access to medical care: Does it matter? Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 36, 1-10.
4. Andersen, R., & Newman, J. F. (2005). Societal and individual determinants of medical care utilization in the United States. The Milbank Quarterly, 83(4), 1-28.
5. Baron, R. M., & Kenny, D. A. (1986). The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 1173-1182.
6. Biggs, S., Phillipson, C., & Kingston, P. (1995). Elder abuse in perspective. Bristol, PA: Open University Press.
7. Bolda, E. J., Lowe, J. I., Maddox, G. L., & Patnaik, B. S. (2005). Community partnerships for older adults: A case study. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 86, 411-418.
8. Bonnie, R. J., & Wallace, R. B. (Eds.) (2003). Elder mistreatment: Abuse, neglect, and exploitation in an aging America. Panel to review risk and prevalence of elder abuse and neglect. Committee on National Statistics and Committee on Law and Justice, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. Washington, DC: The National Academics Press.
9. Bourdieu, P. (1986). The forms of capital. In J. G. Richardson (Ed.), Handbook of theory and research for the sociology of education (pp. 241-258). New York: Greenwood.
10. Brody, E. M., & Brody, S. J. (1989). The informal system of health care. In I. Eidorfer, P. A. Kessler, & A. N. Spector (Eds.), Caring for the elderly: Reshaping health policy (pp. 259-277). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University.
11. Cannuscio, C., Block, J., & Kawachi, I. (2003). Social capital and successful aging: The role of senior housing. Annals of Internal Medicine, 139(5), 395-400.
12. Cohen, S., & Wills, T. A. (1985). Stress, social support, and the buffering hypothesis. Psychological Bulletin, 98, 310-357.
13. Coleman, J. S. (1988). Social capital in the creation of human capital. American Journal of Sociology, 94/Supplement, S94-S120.
14. Coleman,J.S. (1990). Foundations of social theory. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press.
15. DeSilva, M. J., Harpham, T., Tuan, T., Bartolini, R., Penny, M. E., & Huttly, S. R. (2006). Psychometric and cognitive validation of a social capital measurement tool in Peru and Vietnam. Social Science & Medicine, 62, 941-953.
16. Folkman, S., & Lazarus, R. S. (1980). An analysis of coping in a middle-aged community sample. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 21, 219-239.
17. Folkman, S., & Lazarus, R. S. (1985). If it changes it must be a process: Study of emotion and coping during three stages of a college examination. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 48, 150-170.
18. Folkman, S., Lazarus, R. S., Gruen, R. J., & DeLongis, A. (1986). Appraisal, coping, health-status, and psychological symptoms. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 50, 571-579.
19. Goode, K. T., Haley, W. E., Roth, D. L., & Ford, G. R. (1998). Predicting longitudinal changes in caregiver physical and mental health: A stress process model. Health Psychology, 17(2), 190-198.
20. Haley, W. E., LaMonde, L. A., Han, B., Burton, A. M., & Schonwetter, R. (2003). Predictors of depression and life satisfaction among spousal caregivers in Hospice: Application of a stress process model. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 6, 215-224.
21. Hansen, M. T. (1999). The search-transfer problem: The role of weak ties in sharing knowledge across organization subunits. Administrative Science Quarterly, 44, 82-111.
22. Harpham, T., Grant, E., & Thomas, E. (2002). Measuring social capital within health surveys: Key issues. Health Policy and Planning, 17(1), 106-111.
23. Inkeles, A. (2000). Measuring social capital and its consequences. Policy Sciences, 33, 245-268.
24. Kawachi, I., & Berkman, L. F. (2001). Social ties and mental health. Journal of Urban Health, 78, 458-467.
25. Koesten, J. (2004). Family communication patterns, sex of subject, and communication competence. Communication Monographs, 71, 226-244.
26. Kosberg, J. I. (1988). Preventing elder abuse: Identification of high risk factors prior to placement decisions. The Gerontologist, 28(1), 43-50.
27. Kosberg, J. I., & Nahmias, D. (1996). Characteristics of victims and perpetrators and milieus of abuse and neglect. In L. A. Baumhorer & S. C. Bell (Eds.), Abuse, neglect and exploitation of older persons: Strategies for assessment and intervention (pp. 31-50). Baltimore, MD: Health Professions Press.
28. Lachs, M. S., & Pillemer, K. (1995). Abuse and neglect of elderly persons. New England Journal of Medicine, 332(7), 437-443.
29. Lachs, M. S., & Pillemer, K. (2004). Elder abuse. The Lancet, 364, 1263-1272.
30. Lachs, M. S., Williams, C., O'Brien, S., Hurst, L., & Horowitz, R. (1997). Risk factors for reported elder abuse and neglect: A nine-year observational cohort study. The Gerontologist, 32(4), 469-474.
31. Lachs, M. S., Williams, C. S., O'Brien, S., Pillemer, K. A., & Charlson, M. E. (1998). The mortality of elder mistreatment. Journal of the American Medical Association, 280, 428-432.
32. Lakey, S. G., & Canary, D. J. (2002). Actor goal achievement and sensitivity to partner as critical factors in understanding interpersonal communication competence and conflict strategies. Communication Monographs, 69, 217-235.
33. Leana, C., & Van Buren, H. (1999). Organizational social capital and employment practices. Academy of Management Review, 24, 538-555.
34. Linn, K. (1999). Reclaiming the sacred commons. New Village, 1, 42-49.
35. Liu, A. Q., & Besser, T. (2003). Social capital and participation in community improvement activities by elderly residents in small towns and rural communities. Rural Sociology, 68, 343-365.
36. Miller, B., Townsend, A., Carpenter, E., Montgomery, R. V. J., Stull, D., & Young, R. F. (2001). Social support and caregiver distress: A replication analysis. Journal of Gerontology, 56B, S249-S256.
37. Miller, L. S., Lewis, M. S., Williamson, G. M., Lance, C. E., Dooley, W. K., Schulz, R., et al. (2006). Caregiver cognitive status and potentially harmful caregiver behavior. Aging & Mental Health, 10(2), 125-133.
38. Nahapiet, J., & Ghoshal, S. (1998). Social capital, intellectual capital, and the organizational advantage. Academy of Management Review, 23, 242-266.
39. Narayan, D., & Cassidy, M. F. (2001). A dimensional approach to measuring social capital: Development and validation of a social capital inventory. Current Sociology, 49, 59-102.
40. National Center on Elder Abuse (1998). Elder abuse in domestic settings (Elder abuse information series # 2). Available: World Wide Web: http://www.gwjapan.com/ NCEA/Statistics
41. Pearlin, L. I., Mullan, J. T., Semple, S. J., & Skaff, M. M. (1990). Caregiving and the stress process: An overview of concepts and their measures. The Gerontologist, 30, 583-591.
42. Pillemer, K. A. (1986). Risk factors in elder abuse: Results from a case-control study. In K. A. Pillemer & R. S. Wolf (Eds.), Elder abuse: Conflict in the family (pp. 239-263). Dover, MA: Auburn House Publishing Company.
43. Pillemer, K.A., & Finkelhor, D. (1988). The prevalence of elder abuse:A random sample. The Gerontologist, 28(1), 51-57.
44. Portes, A. (1998). Social capital: Its origins and applications in modern sociology. Annual Review of Sociology, 24, 1-24.
45. Post, L. A., Swierenga, S. J., Oehmke, J., Salmon, C., Prokhorov, A., Meyer, E., et al. (2006). The implications of an aging population structure. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 1(2), 47-57.
46. Putnam, R. D. (1993). Making democracy work. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
47. Putnam, R. D. (2000). Bowling alone: The collapse and revival of American community. New York: Simon & Schuster.
48. Putnam, R. D., & Feldstein, L. M. (2003). Better together: Restoring the American community. New York: Simon & Shuster.
49. Rosenfeld, R., Messner, S. F., & Baumer, E. P. (2001). Social capital and homicide. Social Forces, 80, 283-309.
50. Sauvageau, A., & Racette, S. (2006). Fatal neglect of the elderly by a spouse: A case report. Medicine, Science, and the Law, 46(2), 173-176.
51. Semenza, J. C., Rubin, C. H., Falter, K. H., Selanikio, J. D., Flanders, W. D., Howe, H. L., et al. (1996). Heat-related deaths during the July 1995 heat wave in Chicago. The New England Journal of Medicine, 335(2), 84-90.
52. Spitzberg, B. H. (1993). The dialectics of (in)competence. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 10, 387-402.
53. Spitzberg, B. H., & Cupach, W. R. (1984). Interpersonal communication competence. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.
54. Steinmetz, S. K. (1990). Elder abuse: Myth and reality. In T. H. Brubaker (Ed.), Family relationship in later life (2nd edition) (pp. 193-211). Newberry Park, CA: Sage Publications.
55. Stone, R., Cafferata, G. L., & Sangl, J. (1987). Caregivers of the frail elderly: A national profile. The Gerontologist, 27, 616-626.
56. Svendsen, G. L. H. (2006). Studying social capital in situ: A Qualitative approach. Theory and Society, 35, 39-70.
57. Taler, G., & Ansello, E. F. (1985). Elder abuse. American Family Physician, 32, 107-114.
58. Valadez, A. A., Lumadue, C., Gutierrez, B., & de Vries-Kell, S. (2005). Family care-givers of impoverished Mexican American elderly women: The perceived impact of adult day care centers. Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 86, 384-392.
59. Zarit, S. H., & Reid, J. D. (1994). Family caregiving and the older family. In C. B. Fisher & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Applied developmental psychology (pp. 237-264). New York: McGraw-Hill.
60. Zhang, L., Wang, H., Wang, L., & Hsaio, W. (2006). Social capital and farmer's willingness to join a newly established community-based health insurance in rural China. Health Policy, 76, 233-242.