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The high prevalence of depression and dementia in elder abuse or neglect
Author(s)	Carmel Bitondo Dyer, Valory N Pavlik, Kathleen Pace Murphy
Journal title	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 48, no 2, February 2000
Pages	pp 205-208
Keywords	Dementia ; Depression ; Neglect [care] ; Elder abuse ; United States of America.
Annotation	The risk factors for mistreatment of older people include age, race/ethnic background, low income, functional or cognitive impairment, a history of violence, and recent stressful events. There is little information in the literature concerning the clinical profile of mistreated older people. This study examined the characteristics of 47 older persons referred for neglect and 97 referred for other reasons, and compared the prevalence of depression and dementia in neglected persons with that of persons referred for other reasons. Findings showed that there was a statistically significant higher prevalence of depression (62% versus 12%) and dementia (51% versus 30%) in older persons with neglect compared to those referred for other reasons. It is recommended that geriatric clinicians should rule out elder abuse or neglect in their depressed or demented patients. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-000502409 A
Classmark	EA: ENR: QNR: QNT: 7T
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