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Abuse of people with dementia by family carers
— representative cross sectional survey | | Author(s) | Claudia Cooper, Amber Selwood, Martin Blanchard |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 338, no 7694, 7 March 2009 |
| Pages | pp 583-586 |
| Source | www.bmj.com |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Family care ; Dementia ; Cross sectional surveys ; London ; Essex. |
| Annotation | The prevalence of abusive behaviours by family carers of people with dementia was determined in a representative cross sectional survey of 220 family carers of people newly referred to community mental health teams in London and Essex. 115 carers (52%) reported some abusive behaviour, and 74 (34%) reported important levels of abuse. Verbal abuse was most commonly reported. Only three carers (1.4%) reported occasional physical abuse. Abusive behaviour by family carers towards people with dementia is common, with a third reporting important levels of abuse and half, some abuse behaviour. Few case of physical or frequent abuse were found, although those with the most abusive behaviour may have been reluctant to report it. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090406216 A |
| Classmark | QNT: P6:SJ: EA: 3KB: 82L: 8ES * |
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