Elder abuse: It’s happening all around us

And it’s one more reason not to legalize assisted suicide

November 8, 2012 | by Derek Miedema
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Endnotes

  1. McKnight, Z. (2012, October 5). Gloria Taylor, plaintiff in right-to-die case, passes away from infection. The Province. Retrieved from http://www.theprovince.com/health/Gloria+Taylor+plaintiff+right+case+passes+away+from+infection/7352535/story.html
  2. Carrick. R. (2012, October 16). Ripping off Grandma: Why seniors should practice tough love. Retrieved from http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/household-finances/ripping-off-grandma-why-seniors-should-practice-tough-love/article4614312/
  3. Johnston, W. (2012). How exactly are we going to detect the victimization when we can’t do it now? Retrieved from http://www.epcbc.ca/2011/10/how-exactly-are-we-going-to-detect.html
  4. Family violence refers to violence committed by spouses, children, siblings, and extended family. See Sinha, M. (2010). Family violence in Canada: A statistical profile, 2010. Retrieved from http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2012001/article/11643/hl-fs-eng.htm#a4
  5. Ibid.
  6. The Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute Liverpool. (2012). Liverpool care pathway for the dying patient (LCP): About the LCP. Retrieved from http://www.liv.ac.uk/mcpcil/liverpool-care-pathway/
  7. Martin, D. (2012, November 2). Minister launches urgent review of pathway to death. The Daily Mail. Retrieved from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2226634/Minister-launches-urgent-review-pathway-death.html
  8. Bilsen,J., Cohen, J., Chambaere, K., Pousset, G., Onwuteaka-Philipsen, B.D., Mortier, F. and Deliens, L. (2009). Medical end-of-life practices under the euthanasia law in Belgium. New England Journal of Medicine, No. 361, pp. 1119-1121. See Table 1. Retrieved from http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc0904292
  9. Government of Canada. (2011). Elder abuse - It's time to face the reality. Retrieved from http://www.seniors.gc.ca/c.4nt.2nt3c.4l@.jsp?cid=161
    For proposed changes in Canadian law with respect to elder abuse, see Bill C-36, which would add “vulnerability due to age as an aggravating circumstance for sentencing purposes.” Retrieved from http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&DocId=5770441&File=19