ALLMedicine™ Elder Abuse Center
Research & Reviews 504 results
https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.220047-21
The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and The... Zhang T, Morris NP et. al.
Mar 18th, 2023 - Elder financial abuse violates the dignity, mental integrity, and fundamental rights of older adults. Reports of elder financial exploitation climbed during the COVID-19 pandemic, as many older adults were targeted by perpetrators seeking to take ...
https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18286
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; El-Qawaqzeh K, Hosseinpour H et. al.
Mar 7th, 2023 - Elder abuse is a major cause of injury, morbidity, and death. We aimed to identify the factors associated with interventions against suspected physical abuse in older adults. Analysis of the 2017-2018 ACS TQIP. All trauma patients ≥60 years with a...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9957528
International Journal of Environmental Research and Publi... Steinsheim G, Malmedal W et. al.
Feb 26th, 2023 - One in six community-dwelling older adults experience elder abuse yearly, and persons with dementia are especially at risk. Although many risk factors for elder abuse have been identified, there are still knowledge gaps concerning risk and protect...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9965200
International Journal of Environmental Research and Publi... Kita S, Baba K et. al.
Feb 26th, 2023 - This study developed a Japanese version of the Family Poly-Victimization Screen (FPS-J) and assessed its validity. A cross-sectional study using self-report questionnaires was conducted with parents of children in Tokyo, Japan, from January to Feb...
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaad.2023.02.003
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology; Brown A, Kim SJ
Feb 13th, 2023 - The pace of aging in our population is dramatically increasing, raising concern for rising prevalence of elder abuse. Given the visual nature of the occupation, dermatologists can play a crucial role in identifying certain types of elder mistreatm...
Guidelines 2 results
https://doi.org/10.1097/AOG.0000000000004298
Obstetrics and Gynecology;
Feb 18th, 2021 - Elder abuse, a violation of human rights, is defined as a single or repeated act, or lack of appropriate actions, which causes harm, risk of harm, or distress to an individual 60 years or older. As many as 1 in 10 older adults have been victims of...
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-018-1880-y
International Journal of Legal Medicine; Keller E, Santos C et. al.
Jun 29th, 2018 - Article 25 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (adopted in Nice on 7 December 2000) recognizes and respects the rights of older people to lead a life of dignity and independence and to participate in social and cultural life...
Clinicaltrials.gov 9 results
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05065281
Oct 31st, 2022 - Please refer to the uploaded study protocol for a detailed description of the study.
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05224843
Oct 28th, 2022 - The aim of this study is to perform a feasibility evaluation (N=80) of the VOICES screening tool among older adults in the primary care setting. If VOICES is feasible for identifying suspicion of EM in primary care setting, then it will be able to...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05216081
Oct 6th, 2022 - The VOICES Elder Abuse Intervention was developed and refined to promote self-identification and self-disclosure to increase reporting of elder abuse and elder mistreatment at the point-of-care in the Emergency Department (ED) setting. A study (N=...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04563728
Mar 10th, 2021 - This a feasibility investigation that aims to conduct an 8-week pilot RCT (N=10 total) to test the potential effectiveness of a surveillance intervention to reduce frequency and severity of elder abuse among older populations. Eligible participant...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03150069
Jan 20th, 2021 - The present study seeks to interview women with Morquio A and Morquio B syndrome themselves, to explore and discover their perspectives and concerns surrounding pregnancy and having biological children, the impact of the advent of ERT for Morquio ...
News 35 results
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/974470
May 23rd, 2022 - NEW ORLEANS – The patient, a 60-year-old woman who'd just tried to kill herself by overdosing on gabapentin, felt the need to make a confession. As she told a resident psychiatrist late one night at a Philadelphia crisis response center, she'd jus...
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/965969
Jan 4th, 2022 - Social isolation, stay-at-home measures, and staff shortages at long-term care facilities have been implicated in the sharp increase in elder abuse cases during the COVID-19 pandemic. What to know: Elder abuse, already on the rise, has skyrocketed...
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/911669
Apr 11th, 2019 - The older adult population in the United States is growing faster than younger age groups, and a rising number of elders are enduring violence, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports. In fact, over a 15-year period, the nonfa...
https://www.staging.medscape.com/viewarticle/911669
Apr 11th, 2019 - The older adult population in the United States is growing faster than younger age groups, and a rising number of elders are enduring violence, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports. In fact, over a 15-year period, the nonfa...
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/909467
Feb 22nd, 2019 - A former nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in Nashville, Tennessee, has pleaded not guilty to reckless homicide after giving a patient the wrong medication. Nurses around the country, in particular the online nursing community, ...