14 The abuse and neglect of older adults in Canada

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain vii
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Cruel but not unusual 1
6. Violence and diversity
7. Systemic oppression, violence, and healing in Aboriginal families and communities 15
8. Violence, protection, and empowerment in the lives of children and adults with disabilities 49
9. Is this violence? 79
10. Domestic violence and child abuse 99
11. Same-sex partner abuse 127
12. Children growing up with violence
13. Children abused, neglected, and living with violence 147
14. Child corporal punishment 177
15. Children’s exposure to domestic violence 201
16. Failure to protect 237
17. Rendering children invisible 267
18. Abuse of women
19. Framing woman abuse 327
20. Identifying, assessing, and treating male perpetrators and abused women 371
21. Escaping narratives of domination 397
22. Abuse of older adults
23. The abuse and neglect of older adults in Canada 425
24. Older people as objects, not subjects 467
25. Future directions—Focus for change 503
26. Contributors 507
27. Index 513