Abuse of vulnerable people with dementia by their carers: Can we identify those most at risk?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 564-571

  Cooney, Colm ^a   Howard, Robert ^b   Lawlor, Brian ^c  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST PATRICK S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Carer; Dementia; Elder abuse; Expressed emotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGLECT; PATIENT ABUSE; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VERBAL HOSTILITY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33745900494     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1525     Document Type: Article

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