Financial Exploitation of Older Persons in Adult Care Settings: Comparisons to Physical Abuse and the Justice System's Response

Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-250

  Payne, Brian K ^a   Strasser, Sheryl M ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

elder financial abuse; financial crimes; financial exploitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; FRAUD; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NURSING HOME; THEFT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; FRAUD; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; THEFT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863522059     PISSN: 08946566     EISSN: 15404129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08946566.2011.653315     Document Type: Article

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