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Introduction and overview -- Elder justice writ large and small : a history -- Ageism : "ism" or isn't it? -- "Health justice is social justice" : a public health perspective -- Elder justice on the global stage -- Elder abuse as a threat to elder justice -- Seeking justice through the justice system -- "And justice for all" : parity and fairness -- Consumer choice : the power and perils -- Elder justice in illness, death, and beyond -- Moving forward -- An elder justice agenda.

Elder mistreatment is unrecognized, hidden, and underreported. Studies show that health professionals, nurses among them, are largely unaware of the various forms of elder mistreatment that take place and of the proper course of action to pursue when mistreatment is suspected. In this article, we describe elder mistreatment policies, examining them in the light of the United States' national elder abuse policies with a focus on important provisions of the Elder Justice Act. Next, we review the various types of abuse, the identification of abuse, and the nurses' role in addressing elder mistreatment. We present an example of a case of physical abuse and conclude by discussing nurses' advocacy role and issuing a call to action, challenging nurses to 'act now' to protect the well being of elders.

Elder abuse takes many forms and occurs in a variety of settings; it is both under-recognised and under-reported. Despite a lack of statutory guidelines or legislation, effective management is possible. More could be done to recognise abuse, and healthcare workers need to be vigilant, paying attention to both the circumstances in which abuse occurs and its warning signs.

In this chapter I examine the concept of elder abuse, arguing that this extends beyond the more limited notion of the criminal victimisation of the elderly. Drawing on examples of research studies and legislation from the UK, Canada and the USA the principal argument of the chapter is that the traditionally positivistic methods adopted by criminologists to count and otherwise understand crime (mainly in the form of victimisation surveys and police data) underestimate greatly the prevalence of elder victimisation, particularly when such victimisation is understood to encompass broader 'social harms' not necessarily recognised as official 'crimes' by the criminal law and in any case not often coming to the attention of the criminal justice system. In adopting a broad approach to the questions of social harms befalling older people, this paper of course reflects the primary arguments of the so called critical schools of criminology and victimology, which hold that criminologists and victimologists have for most of their history focused the majority of their attention on those notions of crime and criminal justice espoused by states (McBarnet, 1983)

ABSTRACT: At Easter time in 2022, Craig Romney took his family to Washington, D.C., to see the sights. Craig's father, Mitt Romney, the junior senator from Utah, joined them for a trip to the White House that Mitt had arranged. Joe and Jill Biden appeared mid-tour to show the guests around, patiently bringing them to the swimming pool and the bowling alley and letting everyone pose for pictures at the Steinway grand piano. As they departed, the youngest Romney grandchild offered his thoughts on the president: "I thought he would be less old."