Background Elder abuse is recognised worldwide as a serious problem, yet quantitative
syntheses of prevalence studies are rare. We aimed to quantify and understand prevalence …

Background A recent study has shown that close to one in six older adults have experienced
elder abuse in a community setting in the past year. It is thought that abuse in institutions is …

Purpose: Elder mistreatment is now recognized internationally as a pervasive and growing
problem, urgently requiring the attention of health care systems, social welfare agencies …

Background At a time when health and social care services in European countries are under
pressure to contain or cut costs, informal carers are relied upon as the main providers of …

Background Elder abuse is a public health problem that is gaining attention due to its
serious impacts on people's health and well-being, and it is predicted to increase along with …

Background Resident-to-resident aggression in nursing homes is a public health problem of
growing concern, impacting the safety, health and well-being of all residents involved …

Prestigious and authoritative, this fully updated fourteenth edition of Simpson's Forensic
Medicine remains a classic; one of the world's leading introductory texts in the field of …

Aims and objectives To review the efficacy and accuracy of tools administered to older
people, intended to detect and measure elder abuse. Background The mistreatment of older …

Background: We examined gender differences in the prevalence estimates and correlates of
elder abuse in a community-dwelling older population in Korea. Methods: We analyzed …

This study aims to shed further light on the emergence of ageist attitudes by introducing a
theoretically grounded mechanism that helps explain why older persons appear as …