PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS OF MISTREATMENT IN ELDERLY PEOPLE.
Journal Title: International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR) - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 3
Abstract
The abuse violates the rights and dignity as a result of the abuse of power towards a person who is in a situation of disadvantage and inferiority due to its limitations, whether due to age, gender or loss of abilities. Victims of violence are found in all age groups, with the abuse of women, children and the elderly being especially recognized. Violence includes psychological, physical and sexual assaults, abandonment and, especially in the elderly, the economic or patrimonial abuse by relatives or other persons outside the family is added. Objective. Identify the level of prevalence of abuse in the elderly. Method. The study of this research is descriptive, with a quantitative, transversal approach. Subjects 60 seniors from different Institutions. Instrument. Geriatric Scale of Elder Abuse, consists of five sections: physical, psychological, negligence, economic and sexual. Results Negligence, 53 seniors commented that they have not stopped providing clothes, shoes, among others and 7 of them say that if and if they have stopped supplying the medication they need, 45 replied that no but 6 of them say that Yes, in the question, this section is the most relevant. Conclusions. As a final result of this investigation, we found that 25% of older adults belonging to a governmental institution in the state of San Francisco de Campeche have some type of abuse. Of which the psychological abuse was the most prevalent with 40%.
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Ana Rosa Can Valle, Jaqueline Guadalupe Guerrero Ceh, Betty Sarabia Alcocer
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- DOI 10.21474/IJAR01/6649
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