Topic Resources

ELDER MISTREATMENT AND ABUSE

Related Professional organizations

AGS Geriatrics At Your Fingertips Online Edition - http://www.geriatricsatyourfingertips.org/

C.A.R.E. – Pro: Caregiver Awareness through Resources & Education for Professionals
http://www.asaging.org/care-pro/cdrom.cfm.

Nurse Competence in Aging (NCA): http://www.hartfordign.org/nca/index.html

Oregon Health Sciences University School of Nursing: The John A. Hartford Foundation Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence: http://www.ohsu.edu/hartfordcgne/

www.ElderAbuseNeglect.info

The John A. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing: Geriatric Web Sites: http://www.hartfordign.org/pdf/geriatric_websites.pdf

Elder Abuse information: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/elderabuse.html
Zwicker, D. (January 28, 2005). Elder abuse and mistreatment. Retrieved January 19, 2006 from http://www.miahonline.org/resources/nursesnotes/articles/
01_28_05.elder_abuse.html

Practicing Physician Education in Geriatrics http://www.gericareonline.net/

The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) Nursing Best Practice Guidelines (NBPG) Project. Retrieved June 6, 2004, from http://www.rnao.org/bestpractices/about/bestPractice_overview.asp

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing: The John A. Hartford Center of Nursing Excellence: http://hartfordcenter.uams.edu/

University of Iowa College of Nursing: The John A. Hartford Center of Nursing Excellence: http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/hartford/index.htm
Daly, J. M. (2004). National Guideline Clearinghouse/Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Guideline for elder abuse prevention. Iowa City (IA): University of Iowa Gerontological Nursing Interventions Research Center, Research Dissemination Core. Retrieved January 19, 2006 from http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=6829&nbr=004196&string=abuse

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing: Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence: http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/centers/hcgne/about.htm

Last updated - July 2006