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Jul 7, 2022 · According to the GSS on Victimization, there were about 128,000 senior victims of violence—including physical assault, sexual assault and robbery—in Canada in 2019, a rate of 20 victims for every 1,000 Canadians aged 65 and older (Table 1).
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This article reports the findings of a systematic literature review of 18 quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods studies that investigated violent and abusive behavior by older people toward their family caregivers.
- Louise Isham, Alistair Hewison, Caroline Bradbury-Jones
- 2019
- Prevalence of Mistreatment Risk
- The Measurement Tool
- Risk Factors For Elder Mistreatment
- Characteristics of The Care Recipient
- Caregiver Burden and Mood Disorders
- Social Support
- Limitations of The Study
- Implications of Results. Possible Interventions
We found that a third of the family caregivers acknowledged a high risk of engaging in mistreatment with respect to their care recipients. They had been acting as caregivers over considerable periods of time, and the risk of mistreatment due to burden, anxiety, or relationship problems was elevated. Data published on the prevalence of elder abuse b...
Evaluating the risk of existing mistreatment by means of an interview is complex since it implies the measurement of interpersonal conflicts, multidimensional situations that require contextualization, and a reality that the actors attempt to conceal. A number of approaches, including direct questions and indicators obtained through observation, su...
Risk factors are associated with the characteristics of the care recipient, the caregiver, previous family relationships, and environmental factors [2, 12, 41].
Functional dependency and cognitive impairment have been identified as risk factors consistently associated with care recipient abuse [2, 12, 16]. We have previously stated that our sample consisted of dependent care recipients, 64% because of dementia and 36% due to other causes. Interestingly, in our study greater cognitive impairment and functio...
In our study, the proportion of caregivers with feelings of burden and scores in Goldberg’s scale suggestive of anxiety and depression was over 40%, confirming the negative impact of the family caregiver role. It is clear that such sensations have been associated with a higher risk of mistreatment, indeed, they may translate into experiencing tensi...
We highlight social support as an essential factor, since the caregivers who explained that they did not have any help were at a higher risk of perpetrating abusive behavior. In fact, in accordance with the classic risk factors of mistreatment, social isolation is an ideal breeding ground for the development of abusive situations .
Our study presents some limitations. They are mainly due to the fact that it includes family caregivers of elderly people who present moderate to severe dependency, with a high prevalence of cognitive impairment. In consequence, the results are only applicable to caregivers of similar characteristics. On the other hand, the frequency of this profil...
Risk of mistreatment is high among dependent elderly individuals. We emphasize the need to raise awareness of this issue amongst health and social care professionals, increasing the screening activities for early detection and secondary intervention. Detection of elder abuse should be followed up by an intervention plan and close monitoring. A rece...
- Francesc Orfila, Montserrat Coma-Solé, Marta Cabanas, Francisco Cegri-Lombardo, Anna Moleras-Serra, ...
- 2018
Aug 23, 2017 · What happens when family caregivers experience violence and abuse from the older person for whom they care? Although this issue has received little global attention, it is relevant to researchers, practitioners, and policy makers working across the intersecting fields of older age care and medicine, adult protection and safeguarding, and ...
- Louise Isham, Alistair Hewison, Caroline Bradbury-Jones
- 2019
Apr 17, 2020 · This review identifies what influences elder abuse by family caregivers using the dyadic approach and explains how abuse can be prevented through suggested strategies.
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Family violence against seniors increases for the fourth consecutive year. The rate of police-reported family violence against seniors was 8% higher in 2019 compared with the previous year, while the rate of non-family violence against seniors increased 13% (Chart 4.1).
