Elder abuse occurs across many socioeconomic groups and settings. All gerontological nurses should be
educated in the prevention, detection, and treatment of elder abuse.
1.) What type of abuse do you think is most prevalent in the
areas where you live and work? Why?
2.) Of the risk factors for elder abuse identified in this chapter, which are the ones that you have seen
exhibited the most in older adults in the clinical setting? In the community? In the long-term care?
- Read the Commentary (do not buy the article) for the Guest Editorial titled Elder Abuse and Financial
Exploitation: Unlawful and Just Plain Awful! found in the National Center on Elder Abuse at
http://www.ncea.aoe.gov/Main_Site/pdf/publication/FinalStatistics050331.pdf.
What statistics are particularly striking to you as a nurse?
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