"Elder Abuse" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Emotional, nutritional, financial, or physical maltreatment, exploitation, or abandonment of the older person generally by family members or by institutional personnel.
| Descriptor ID |
D004552
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.198.240.856.350.390 I01.880.735.900.350.390
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| Concept/Terms |
Elder Abuse- Elder Abuse
- Abuse, Elder
- Elder Neglect
- Neglect, Elder
- Aged Abuse
- Abuse, Aged
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Elder Abuse" by people in Profiles.
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The conceptualization of mistreatment by older American Indians. J Elder Abuse Negl. 2017 Jan-Feb; 29(1):43-58.
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Elder mistreatment in underserved populations: Opportunities and challenges to developing a contemporary program of research. J Elder Abuse Negl. 2016 Aug-Dec; 28(4-5):301-319.
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Assessment of elder mistreatment in two American Indian samples: psychometric characteristics of the HS-EAST and the Native Elder Life-Financial Exploitation and -Neglect measures. J Appl Gerontol. 2014 Apr; 33(3):336-56.
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Focus on elder mistreatment and abuse. J Gerontol Nurs. 2011 Nov; 37(11):3.
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Resilience: resistance factor for depressive symptom. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs. 2009 Nov; 16(9):829-37.
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Nursing home staffing and training recommendations for promoting older adults' quality of care and life: Part 1. Deficits in the quality of care due to understaffing and undertraining. Res Gerontol Nurs. 2008 Apr; 1(2):123-33.
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Abuse among rural mentally ill. J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 1992 Sep; 30(9):32-6.