Factors that influence abusive interactions between aging women and their caregivers

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1087, Issue , 2006, Pages 158-169

  Nadien, Margot B ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver elder interactions; Dependency; Elder abuse; Mental impairments; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGEISM; ALCOHOLISM; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NEGLECT; OFFENDER; PATIENT ABUSE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VICTIM; VULNERABLE POPULATION; AGED; BATTERED WOMAN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CRIME; FAMILY; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; BATTERED WOMEN; CAREGIVERS; ELDER ABUSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34447529175     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1385.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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