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| An assessment of the attitudes of potential caregivers toward the abuse of elderly persons with and without dementia | | Author(s) | Osamu Matsuda |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 19, no 5, October 2007 |
| Pages | pp 892-913 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Family care ; Attitude ; Elder abuse ; Social surveys ; Japan. |
| Annotation | Dementia in older people is associated with a greater risk of being subjected to abuse. More than half of those in Japan who abuse older relatives with dementia do not realise that their behaviour corresponds to abuse. This study sought to examine the effect of the presence of dementia in older people on attitudes toward abuse. 135 Japanese people aged 18-86 who were not taking care of older relatives at the time of the survey were asked to rate how abusive they thought each of 12 behaviours listed in a questionnaire was in regard to three categories of older people: those with dementia who require care (DC); those without dementia who require care (DC) and those without dementia who not require care (NN). The results of ANOVA showed that subjects' attitude was associated with the experience of caregiving category and type of abuse. The results of Bonferroni's test indicated that the behaviours - especially those behaviours that included physical, psychological, and economic abuse - toward the DC category were not considered to be as abusive as those toward either the NC category or the NN category. This study suggests that people might rate abusive behaviour as being less abusive when the person being cared for has dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081127001 A |
| Classmark | EA: P6:SJ: DP: QNT: 3F: 7DT |
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