Objective Before the COVID-19 pandemic, elder abuse affected one in 10 American older
adults annually. It has been assumed that the pandemic has brought with it a surge in elder …

Elder abuse has become increasingly relevant for intervention and study in the context of an
aging population. One of the major barriers to progress in the field is underreporting of elder …

Objectives The vast majority of elder abuse (EA) victims remain hidden from formal
institutional response systems. Guided by the Behavioral Model of Health Services Use, this …

Elder abuse often goes unreported. Perpetrators of elder abuse are frequently the adult
children of the victim and this relationship may contribute to the reluctance of older adults to …

Background Elder abuse is prevalent, and is associated with poor health outcomes. How an
older adult is affected by abusive experiences is dependent on myriad factors, including …

Background Research on elder abuse has defined it as a multidimensional construct that
encompasses a set of different abusive behaviours, victims, perpetrators and settings. The …

Improving the standardization and efficiency of adult protective services (APS) investigations
is a top priority in APS practice. Using data from the Elder Abuse Decision Support System …

Elder abuse is evil in human society. The present paper unveils this social issue from two
major factors psychological and physical abuse. The study sensitizes the subject matter of …

The field of elder abuse is evolving toward an emphasis on intervention research. However,
researchers currently rely on binary approaches to measure elder abuse phenomena, which …

Elder abuse (EA) is of increasing relevance in the context of an aging society, and this has
implications for detection and intervention for several types of healthcare providers …