Added value of elder abuse definitions: a review

Ageing Research Reviews
Yuliya MysyukJolanda Lindenberg

Abstract

Elder abuse has devastating consequences for older persons such as a poor quality of life, psychological distress, and loss of property and security. It is also associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Elder abuse is a problem that manifests itself in both rich and poor countries and at all levels of society. It is timely to discuss one of the basic problems that has hampered the study, detection and intervention of elder abuse as the variety of definitions that exist now produce a definitional chaos for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers. In this article we trace the elements of "how to define elder abuse" and situate them in their socio-historical context. We also analyze the purposes of these different definitions to assess their appropriateness in different settings concerned with elder abuse. Our analysis shows that elder abuse mirrors the societal arrangements which gave rise to them. It also highlights that it is a complex problem that is difficult to define. The central question is whether we need a common definition of elder abuse or different definitions that can be used in different settings. By evidence of our analysis we can see that there is a need for a sufficiently broad and flexible definit...Continue Reading

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Jul 19, 2013·Aging Clinical and Experimental Research·Susi PelottiFrancesca Ingravallo
Dec 3, 2014·Clinics in Geriatric Medicine·Jason BurnettKathleen Pace Murphy
Jan 6, 2016·Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect·Yuliya MysyukJolanda Lindenberg
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Aug 10, 2019·Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect·Weiguo Zhang
Jan 9, 2019·Frontiers in Psychiatry·Mireya Vilar-Compte, Pablo Gaitán-Rossi
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Nov 14, 2019·BMC Geriatrics·Zeinab NaderiAbbas Ebadi
Jun 3, 2021·Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect·Yanping Liu, Fawen Hu

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