... risk for abuse and neglect. This study aimed to estimate pooled prevalence rates of elder abuse among community-dwelling individuals with dementia using a meta-analytic approach. Additionally, it explored the heterogeneity associated with prevalence estimates through subgroup analyses. Methods...

...Boye Fang; Elsie Yan; Xiaozhao Yang; Yaolin Pei Objectives: To investigate whether caregiver neuroticism affects the level of elder abuse and whether changes of caregiver perceived burden alter this relationship. Methods: Using 2-year longitudinal data, a consecutive sample of 800 Chinese family...

...Chie Koga; Masamichi Hanazato; Taishi Tsuji; Norimichi Suzuki; Katsunori Kondo Background: Elder abuse is a serious public health issue worldwide, but large-scale epidemiologic studies remain sparse. Although social factors in human relations such as social support and social isolation have been...

...XinQi Dong; Melissa Simon Background: Elder abuse and metabolic syndromes are both important public health issues and are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to examine the associations between elder abuse and risk for metabolic syndromes. Methods: The Chicago Health...

...XinQi Dong; Melissa A. Simon Background: Elder abuse is common and is a frank violation of an older adult's fundamental rights to be safe and free of violence. Our prior study indicates elder abuse is independently associated with mortality. This study aims to quantify the relationship between...

...XinQi Dong; RuiJia Chen; E-Shien Chang; Melissa Simon Elder abuse and psychological distress are both important geriatric syndromes and are independently associated with premature morbidity and mortality. Despite recent advances, there has been little systematic exploration of the association...

...X.Q. Dong; M.A. Simon; T.T. Beck; C. Farran; J.J. McCann; C.F. Mendes de Leon; E. Laumann; D.A. Evans Background: Elder abuse is a pervasive human right and public health issue. Objectives: We aimed to examine the mortality associated with elder abuse across levels of psychological and social...