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Abuse of the elderly with dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Colm Cooney  and
Margo Wrigley
Colm Cooney
Affiliation:
St Vincent's Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland
Margo Wrigley
Affiliation:
Mater Hospital, 61 Eccles St, Dublin 7, Ireland
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Abstract

It is 20 years since the first references to elder abuse appeared in the medical literature. Since then there h as been a growing realisation that although most elderly people are cherished by their families a substantial minority are at risk of abuse. Prevalence studies in different countries have suggested that approximately 5% of those over 65 may be subjected to various forms of abuse including physical, verbal, financial abuse and neglect.

Type
Orginal Papers
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , September 1996 , pp. 94 - 97
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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