BACKGROUND Social changes due to urbanism, acculturation, and fading of values have led to some challenges in family relationships, including domestic elder abuse. This study was conducted to determine elder abuse status in Yazd, Iran. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted on 250 elderly people over 60 years in Yazd in 2014-2015. Clustered random sampling was used to recruit the pa...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa background : this study aimed to determine the types of elder abuse, their risk factors and the characteristics of abusers among abused elderly people aged above 60 years in isfahan. methods : in this descriptive cross-sectional study, abused elderly individuals aged above 60 years that referred to the centers of competent jurisdiction with complaint a...

violence in families and elder abuse can take many forms, which his sometimes difficult to recognize. in russia, elder abuse is rarely discussed in professional literature and mass media. a border between elder abuse and parricide can be indistinct. borderline cases can include involvement of older people in binge drinking, denial of help, and manipulation towards suicide. three example cases a...

OBJECTIVES To examine presentations and prevalence of head injury among elder victims of blunt trauma and to estimate the prevalence of occult injuries associated with a normal level of consciousness, absence of neurologic deficit, and no evidence of significant skull fracture. METHODS The study population consisted of all patients aged 65 years or older enrolled in the National Emergency X-R...

Objectives: To examine presentations and prevalence of head injury among elder victims of blunt trauma and to estimate the prevalence of occult injuries associated with a normal level of consciousness, absence of neurologic deficit, and no evidence of significant skull fracture. Methods: The study population consisted of all patients aged 65 years or older enrolled in the National Emergency X-R...

OBJECTIVE As a critical step in advancing a comprehensive response to elder abuse built on existing forensic nursing-led hospital-based programmes, we developed a list of skills-based competencies for use in an Elder Abuse Nurse Examiner curriculum. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING Programme leaders of 30 hospital-based forensic nursing-led sexual assault and domestic violence treatment centres. PR...

CONTEXT Although elder mistreatment is suspected to be life threatening in some instances, little is known about the survival of elderly persons who have been mistreated. OBJECTIVE To estimate the independent contribution of reported elder abuse and neglect to all-cause mortality in an observational cohort of community-dwelling older adults. DESIGN Prospective cohort study with at least 9 y...