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von Heydrich, Levente; Schiamberg, Lawrence B.; Chee, Grace – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2012
Annually in the United States, 1 to 5 million older adults, 65 and above, are physically or sexually injured or mistreated by their caregivers in family settings. This study examined the prevalence and risk factors involved in elder physical abuse by adult child caregivers, moving from the immediate elderly parent/adult child relationship context…
Descriptors: Risk, Mental Health, Adolescents, Interpersonal Relationship
Morris, David C.; Blakely, Bernard E. – 1990
This study sought to describe public awareness, perceptions, concern and response to the phenomenon of mistreatment of older adults. The setting for the study was the classic community context of Middletown, U.S.A., Muncie/Delaware County, Indiana. Adults (N=400), selected by random digit dialing, were interviewed in November 1989. Subjects were…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Surveys, Elder Abuse, Incidence