School of Social Work , Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
J Elder Abuse Negl. 2012 Apr;24(2):88-103. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2011.644086.
This article provides an overview of the ways in which the mistreatment and neglect of older people have come to be understood as a social problem, one which is underpinned by a variety of substantive and theoretical assumptions. It connects the process of conceptualizing elder abuse and neglect to political-economic and social evolution. The authors draw on a review of the literature, government sources, interest group websites, and their own research to provide a critical commentary illustrating how these understandings have become manifest in legislation, policies, and programs pertaining to "elder abuse and neglect" in Canada. Suggestions are provided for changes in direction for policies, programs, and research.
本文概述了人们如何将虐待和忽视老年人的行为视为一个社会问题，这一问题是基于各种实质性和理论性假设的。它将虐待和忽视老年人行为的概念化过程与政治经济和社会演变联系起来。作者通过文献综述、政府资料、利益集团网站以及自己的研究，提供了批判性的评论，说明了这些理解是如何在加拿大与“虐待和忽视老年人”相关的立法、政策和方案中体现出来的。本文还为政策、方案和研究的方向转变提供了建议。
