The responsibility of identifying elder mistreatment (EM) often falls on the healthcare
professional. Many different screening and assessment instruments have been developed to …

Learn more about age discrimination and how it affects us allThe Encyclopedia of Ageism is
a comprehensive review of over 125 aspects of ageism, alphabetically arranged for easy …

Purpose: The relationship between job satisfaction of nurse aides and intent to leave and
actual turnover after 1 year is examined. Design and Methods: Data came from a random …

Este artigo apresenta dados sobre mortalidade e morbidade em idosos brasileiros por"
causas externas", bem como uma revisão da literatura nacional e internacional sobre o …

Objectives. We sought to identify the functional, cognitive, and social factors associated with
self-neglect among the elderly to aid the development of etiologic models to guide future …

Purpose: Early identification of elder abuse requires a valid, easily administered screening
instrument. This study examined the reliability and validity of the Vulnerability to Abuse …

Cancer in the older person is an increasingly common problem, due to the progressive
prolongation of the life-expectancy of the Western population. This article reviews the …

PRESERVING A LIFE OF PEACE AND DIGNITY FOR THE AGING This ground-breaking
volume offers a new, collaborative approach geared to enhance case review, improve victim …

The medical forensic aspects of elder abuse and neglect are largely unexplored and
undocumented. Those who work in the field of elder abuse and neglect believe that the state …

The authors investigated types and patterns of elder abuse by paid caregivers in long-term
care and assessed the role of several risk factors for different abuses and for multiple abuse …