Objectives: Elder abuse is a growing global public health concern. Previous studies have reported that elder abuse increases the risk of dementia; however, to the best of our knowledge, no studies have investigated the association between different types of abuse and dementia onset yet. This study...
SummaryThis study examined the prevalence, types, and intervention outcomes of elder abuse/neglect among a veteran population. A review of medical records of 575 veterans who had received services from the Veteran's Affairs Geriatric Outpatient Clinic in Los Angeles during a three-year period found...
The Government of Canada defines “elder abuse” as “any action by someone in a relationship of trust that results in harm or distress to an older person.” Types of abuse Physical abuse is probably what we normally think of when we hear the term “elder abuse.” This type of abuse occ...
aThe vast majority of research on the subject of elder abuse has focused on quantifying the prevalence and incidence of abuse in general, as well as characterizing the three most common types of elder abuse: financial exploitation, neglect and psychological–emotional abuse. 總之大多數研究關於更舊的...
Eight of 31 victims suffered from more than one type of elder abuse including self-neglect. Financial abuse and self-neglect were the most commonly reported types. Family members were perpetrators in the majority of the cases, excluding self-neglect. However, three-quarters of financial abuse ...
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CIETY'S RESPONSE]]>S Jackson, T HafemeisterThe Gerontologist
elder abuse, elder neglect, multiple abuse, risk factors, proxyThe authors investigated types and patterns of elder abuse by paid caregivers in long-term care and assessed the role of several risk factors for different abuses and for multiple abuse types. The results are based on a 2005 ...
Elder Abuse in the Community: Prevalence and Consequences OBJECTIVES: (1) To assess the prevalence and the consequences of chronic verbal aggression, physical aggression, financial mistreatment, and neglect in a c... HC Comijs,AM Pot,JH Smit,... - 《Journal of the American Geriatrics Society...