نتایج جستجو برای: elder abuse and neglect

تعداد نتایج: 16835120  

Journal: :Age and ageing 2008
Christine H McAlpine

Elderly mistreatment is a hidden, and often ignored problem in society. In the general population many will have heard the phrase 'Granny Battering' but will know little more than that, other than perhaps some awareness of problems publicised in television programmes on Care Homes. The term 'Granny Battering' dates back to 1975 [1], so this is not a new phenomenon; but in the UK we have been sl...

Objectives: Increasing the prevalence of elder abuse has become a health issue in developing countries, including Iran. The purpose of this investigation was the study of the effect of social work intervention with a cognitive behavioral approach on the reduction of the elderly abuse experimentation. Methods & Materials: Twenty-nine elders participated in this study in the interventi...

Journal: :Journal of gerontological nursing 2003
Terry Fulmer

WHY: Elder abuse and neglect is a serious and prevalent problem that is estimated to affect 700,000 to 1.2 million older adults annually in this country. Only one in ten cases of elder abuse and neglect are reported and there is a serious underreporting by clinical professionals, likely due to the lack of appropriate screening instruments. Abuse, neglect, exploitation and abandonment are action...

Journal: :The Gerontologist 2014
Xinqi Dong

Elder abuse, also called elder mistreatment or elder maltreatment, includes psychological, physical, and sexual abuse, neglect (caregiver neglect and self-neglect), and financial exploitation. Evidence suggests that 1 out of 10 older adults experiences some form of elder abuse, and only a fraction of cases are actually reported to social services agencies. At the same time, elder abuse is indep...

Journal: :مجله سلامت سالمندان 0
hassan rezaeipandari elderly health research center, school of public health, shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, yazd, iran mohammad ali morowatisharifabad department of ageing health, school of public health, shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, yazd, iran vali bahrevar department of health services, school of public health, shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, yazd, iran zohreh rahaei department of health services, school of public health, shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, yazd, iran ali hakimzadeh department of counseling, faculty of humanities sciences, yazd branch, islamic azad university, yazd, iran

introduction: elder abuse may increase the vulnerability of ageing people to disease and decrease their general health status, so addressing the issue is essential for promoting elderly quality of life. the study aimed to examine the relation between abuse experience and general health among elderly people in yazd city- iran. methods: the cross-sectional study carried out on 250 community-dwell...

Objectives The older population and frequency of elder abuse are increasing in Iran. This study aimed to determine the rate of domestic elder abuse in the elderly referring to West Health Care Centers of Tehran City, Iran (affiliated to Iran University of Medical Sciences), in 2018. Methods & Materials In this cross-sectional study (descriptive-analytical type), 312 older people who referred t...

Introduction: In recent years, elder abuse has been recognized as a growing social problem that needs to be addressed. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the family abuse with older adults hospitalized and related factors in Hazrat Rasool Akram Hospital in Tehran in 2018. Method: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The sample of this study included 250 elderly people wh...

Journal: :سالمند 0
مجیده هروی کریموی majid heravi-karimooi shahed university, department of nursing , research center of client education and management - health of the elderly research groupدانشگاه شاهد و عضو مرکز تحقیقات مدیریت و آموزش مددجو- گروه سلامت سالمندی منیره انوشه monireh anoosheh nursing department, university of tarbiat modaresدانشگاه تر بیت مدرس مهشید فروغان mahshid foroughan university of social welfare and rehabilitation, iranian research center on agingدانشگاه توانبخشی و علوم بهزیستی محمدتقی شیخی mohammad taghi sheykhi al-zahra universityدانشگاه الزهرا ابراهیم حاج یزاده ebrahim hajizadeh tarbiat modares universityدانشگ اه تربیت مدرس

objectives: the purpose of this methodological study was to design and determine the psychometric properties of a new and specific questionnaire for assessing domestic elder abuse in the context of iranian culture. methods & materials: this study was conducted in three phases. in the first phase, phenomenology was applied to explore the meaning of domestic elder abuse phenomenon. in the second ...

Journal: :Journal of interpersonal violence 2017
Fadzilah Hanum Mohd Mydin Sajaratulnisah Othman

This qualitative study attempts to explore the definition, perceptions, practice experience, and barriers of primary care physicians (PCPs) in identifying and intervening in cases of elder abuse and neglect at the primary care level. Semistructured in-depth interview was conducted among 10 PCPs. Participants were selected by purposive sampling. The interviews were audio recorded, transcribed ve...

Journal: :International Journal of High Risk Behaviors and Addiction 2013

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