Elder abuse in long-term care residences and the risk indicators
| Autor: | Sarah Halevy-Levin, Roni Gagin, Gideon Friedman, Miri Cohen, Dana Priltuzky |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science) Activities of daily living Social Psychology business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Multilevel model Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Humiliation Elder abuse Neglect Long-term care Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Risk indicators Health care Medicine Geriatrics and Gerontology business Psychiatry media_common |
| Zdroj: | Ageing and Society. 30:1027-1040 |
| ISSN: | 1469-1779 0144-686X |
| Popis: | The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of abuse among the residents of long-term care facilities in Israel, and its associations with risk indicators. Seventy-one such residents aged 70 or more years were assessed in the internal and orthopaedic departments of two university medical centres for possible abuse by carers at the long-term facilities from which they were admitted. The study collected socio-demographic and health profiles and a list of maltreatment or abusive acts, and administered the Signs of Abuse Inventory and the Expanded Indicators of Abuse Questionnaire. Among the 71 residents, 31 per cent reported some form of maltreatment, most being instances of disrespectful behaviour. Signs of abuse, mostly of neglect, were detected in 22.5 per cent of the sample. Hierarchical regression analysis revealed that higher scores on risk indicators and higher dependence on others for the activities of daily living significantly associated with reported abuse, while age, gender, risk indicators and lower blood albumin level (being an indicator of worse nutritional and health status) significantly associated with identified signs of abuse. It is concluded that direct questioning mainly discloses instances of disrespectful behaviours and humiliation, while the assessment of signs of abuse is more sensitive to cases of neglect. Risk indicators were found to be reliable indicators of abuse. Routine screening for these indicators is recommended to improve detection and thereby to prevent abuse in long-term care facilities. |
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