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What can we do about elder abuse?
- Authors:
- BULMER Joan, CRAIG Yvonne, WILKINSON Gill
- Journal article citation:
- Elders the Journal of Care and Practice, 3(2), May 1994, pp.14-17.
Describes a training programme at Kingston's SSD to raise social workers awareness of elder abuse.
Intergenerational mediation: its potential for contributing to the prevention of elder abuse
- Author:
- CRAIG Yvonne
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice, 12(2), 1998, pp.175-180.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Considers intergenerational mediation in the context of the contribution it can make to a holistic approach to the prevention of some kinds of elder abuse, where unresolved conflicts can be perceived as threatening events. An outline is given of the key principles of mediation and the types of problems it can be used to address. The next section describe some typical mediation processes with examples from the work of the Elder Mediation Project (EMP). The article is introduced by showing its relevance for social workers.