Analyses of research, policy, and practice in elder abuse typically begin with caveats about the variations and inconsistencies in how elder abuse is defined, which have obstructed efforts to estimate the prevalence of abuse, understand and measure risk, and craft policy and services. A brief summary of the controversies surrounding definitions is therefore warranted. A panel of researchers and...

The following excerpt is from our Elder Abuse tutorial on the ANMF's Aged Care Training Room (ACTR). Subtopics covered include defining elder abuse, legalities, contributing factors, indicators of elder abuse, organisational issues, characteristics of the abused resident/client and their abuser, worker characteristics, prevention and compulsory reporting to name but a few.

[Purpose] Peripheral nerve degradation associated with aging is linked to failure of interactions in capillary metabolism. The aim of this study was to morphologically investigate the age-related changes in the capillary architecture of the tibial nerve in spontaneous aging and with aerobic exercise intervention in rats. [Subjects] Male Sprague-Dawley rats (n=15) were used in the present study....

PURPOSE Elder abuse cases are often time consuming and complex, requiring interagency cooperation from a diverse array of professionals. Although multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) offer a potentially powerful approach to synergizing the efforts of different providers, there has been little research on elder abuse MDTs in general or elder abuse forensic centers in particular. This article draws on ...

Alabama emergency department personnel were surveyed in 1988 concerning elder abuse and Alabama's mandatory reporting and protective services law. Most ED personnel did not understand the requirements of the law. While emergency physicians, registered nurses, and licensed practical nurses had seen cases of elder abuse in their careers, differences existed in their satisfaction with the disposit...

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The focus of this study is to examine and define the issue of elder abuse in the Aboriginal population in Canada. In this context, the term ‘elder’ will refer to Aboriginal persons who are fifty-five years of age or older as opposed to 65 years of age, which is Canada’s guideline to determine an older person or senior. This term should not be mistaken with ‘Elder,’ which is often used in the Ab...

Determining the fitness consequences of sibling interactions is pivotal for understanding the evolution of family living, but studies investigating them across lifetime are lacking. We used a large demographic dataset on preindustrial humans from Finland to study the effect of elder siblings on key life-history traits. The presence of elder siblings improved the chances of younger siblings surv...

The results of the first national incidence study of noninstitutionalized elder abuse and neglect in the United States are reviewed, as well as underlying causes of abusive relationships involving the elderly. It is estimated that approximately 1% to 2% of elders living in their own homes became abused in the United States during 1996, physically, emotionally, sexually, and/or financially. The ...

To determine longitudinal risk factors for elder abuse and neglect, an established cohort of community-dwelling older adults (n = 2,812) was linked with elderly protective service records over a 9-year follow-up period. Protective services saw 184 (6.5%) individuals in the cohort for any indication, and 47 cohort members were seen for corroborated elder abuse or neglect for a sampling adjusted ...