Elder Abuse and Neglect
| Autor: | Deborah Heiser, Patricia Brownell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
health care facilities manpower and services media_common.quotation_subject Ethnic group social sciences Elder abuse humanities Neglect Physical abuse Sexual abuse medicine Abandonment (emotional) Psychiatry Psychological abuse Psychology Socioeconomic status media_common Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology |
| DOI: | 10.1002/9780470479216.corpsy0298 |
| Popis: | Elder abuse does not discriminate. Older adults from all walks of life, regardless of socioeconomic status, religious affiliation, race, or ethnicity, have been mistreated and abused. It is difficult to determine the prevalence of elder abuse. First, it is not a single easily measurable phenomenon. There are seven types of elder abuse: physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, financial abuse, neglect, abandonment, and self-neglect. We do not know the exact prevalence of elder abuse, because it is often underreported and often unidentified. The National Center on Elder Abuse (2005) estimated that as many as 2 million elders have been mistreated. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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