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| Screening for elder abuse in hospitalized older adults with dementia | | Author(s) | Leslie D Pisani, Christine A Walsh |
| Journal title | Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, vol 24, no 3, July/September 2012 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, July/September 2012 |
| Pages | pp 195-215 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; In-patients ; Elder abuse ; Screening ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | When older people with dementia are hospitalised for psychiatric treatment, which elder abuse screen to use is open to question. This article reviews screens to identify desirable characteristics. For clinician completion, the Elder Assessment Instrument and the Brief Abuse Screens for the Elderly are recommended. For the older adult, the brief Hwalek-Sengstock Elder Abuse Screening Test is suitable. The Modified Conflict Tactics Scale, which can be used by both the older adult and the nonprofessional caregiver, has many of the recommended characteristics. The article concludes that research is necessary in the application of these screens within hospitals to detect elder abuse within this specialised population. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130810201 A |
| Classmark | EA: LF7: QNT: 3V: 64A |
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