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Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Elder Abuse in Australia and India: An Oveview of Occurrence and Combating Measures
(Mala Kapur Shankardass, PhD, Sociologist, Gerontologist and Health Social Scientist, Associate Professor, Maitreyi College, South Campus, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, and others)
Chapter 2. Family and Care of Elderly in India: Challenges and Responses
(Anupama Datta, Head Policy Research and Advocacy, HelpAge, India)
Chapter 3. Statutory Protections against Financial Abuse in Australia
(Bill Mitchell, Principal Solicitor, Registered Migration Agent 0215663, Townsville Community Law, Townsville, Australia)
Chapter 4. Exploring ‘Rurality’ as an Additional Vulnerability for Elder Abuse
(Barbara Blundell and Amy Warren, Lecturer, School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work, and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia, and others)
Chapter 5. The Australian Law Refrom Commission’s Inquiry into Elder Abuse in Australia: The Report, the Response and Recent Developments
(Eileen Webb, Division of Justice and Society, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia)
Chapter 6. The Legal Framework Affecting Restrictive Practices in Australian Residential Aged Care – a Lack of Fitness for Purpose
(Eileen Webb, Division of Justice and Society, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia)
Chapter 7. The Australian Response to Elder Abuse and Neglect: An Overview
(Justine Irving, Course Coordinator, Gerontology Program, Flinders University, South Australia, Australia, and others)
Chapter 8. Abuse of the Elderly Widows
(Kiran Puri, Founder Member, Trustee and Director, Development Welfare and Research Foundation)
Chapter 9. Rights of Senior Citizens-Indian Law and Policy Persectives towards Combating Elder Abuse
(Sanjoy Ghose, Rhishabh Jetley, Urvi Mohan and Naman Jain, Advocates)
Chapter 10. Combating Elder Abuse: Any Role for Supported-Decision-Making, Adult Guardianship or Other Laws?
(Terry Carney, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia)
Chapter 11. Elder Abuse In India With Reference To Dementia
(Vidya Shenoy, Secretary General, Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India [ARDSI], and others)
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