Abstract

TORRES PRADOS, M.ª Teresa  and  ESTRELLA GONZALEZ, Isabel M.ª. Awareness and detection of abuse in the elderly: towards primary care adapted to the elderly. Gerokomos [online]. 2015, vol.26, n.3, pp.79-83. ISSN 1134-928X.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1134-928X2015000300002.

The elder abuse has become a reality that increasingly health professionals are faced with greater frequency. This fact creates the need for health professionals work in a multidisciplinary team and based on a care as close as possible to the humanization of care; possess the necessary skills required by this health claim with the objective of ensuring the well-being and quality of life of our elders. Primary care professionals have a unique opportunity to identify and report abuse to elderly people, therefore it is necessary to train them to help detect, assess and intervene¹. Currently there are no valid, sufficiently sensitive and specific instruments for the detection of child abuse in the elderly¹. After reviewing the different used references we have aimed at the elaboration of a “Questionnaire to help professional nursing for early detection of abuse in older people” (table 1).

Keywords : nursing; quality of life; health; Knowledge; elder abuse; awareness.

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