Added value of elder abuse definitions: A review

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-57

  Mysyuk, Yuliya ^a   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a   Lindenberg, Jolanda ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Definition; Elder abuse; Purpose

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ASSAULT; BATTERED ELDER SYNDROME; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; DAY CARE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ELDER ABUSE; FAMILY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GRANDPARENT; HOME; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VICTIM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRIME VICTIMS; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84867454208     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2012.04.001     Document Type: Review

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