Determining prevalence and correlates of elder abuse using promotores: Low-income immigrant Latinos report high rates of abuse and neglect

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1333-1339

  DeLiema, Marguerite ^a   Gassoumis, Zachary D ^a   Homeier, Diana C ^b   Wilber, Kathleen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

elder abuse; elder mistreatment; elder neglect; Hispanic Latino; incidence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL ABUSE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE; SEXUAL ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84863857321     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04025.x     Document Type: Article

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