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ED interventions for suspected or confirmed elder abuse or neglect include: treatment of acute medical, traumatic, and psychological issues; ensuring patient safety; and reporting to the authorities. Keywords: elder abuse, elder neglect, elder mistreatment, financial exploitation, emergency department, geriatrics.
- Elder Abuse: A Comprehensive Overview and Physician-Associated ...
Despite government efforts, elder abuse in nursing homes...
- Elder Abuse: A Comprehensive Overview and Physician-Associated ...
28 wrz 2020 · Given that cases of elder abuse are often left undetected, it is important for health care providers and social workers providing at-home care services, to equip them with validated tools to detect elder abuse as they are ideally placed to recognize a situation of abuse.
15 mar 2014 · Key terms: elder abuse and neglect; screening instruments for elder abuse, neglect; injury, wound, bruise patterns for elder abuse; mandatory reporting for elder abuse, neglect; and safety...
8 kwi 2021 · Despite government efforts, elder abuse in nursing homes continues to remain a major problem [15]. The main types of abuse in nursing homes are as follows: physical abuse (29%), resident-to-resident abuse (22%), gross neglect (14%), financial abuse (7%), and sexual abuse (7%) [16].
1 lip 2020 · The overall aim was to establish the effectiveness of primary, secondary and tertiary intervention programmes to prevent and/or reduce the occurrence of elder abuse in any setting (organizational, institutional and/or community settings).
1 lip 2018 · The purpose of the current evidence-based practice guideline is to facilitate health care professionals' assessment of older adults in domestic and institutional settings who are at risk for elder abuse, and to recommend interventions to reduce the incidence of mistreatment.
This instrument is comprised of seven sections that reviews signs, symptoms and subjective complaints of elder abuse, neglect, exploitation, and abandonment. There is no actual score. A person should be referred to social services if the following exists: if there is any evidence of mistreatment (abuse, neglect, exploitation, abandonment)
