Description
Elder abuse affects approximately 2% to 10% of older Americans. Unfortunately, it is often unrecognized and certainly underreported. Dermatologists have a unique role in the detection and reporting of elder abuse. An analysis of risk factors, clinical signs, reporting requirements, and prevention of elder abuse brings this issue into focus.
Subject
*Mandatory Reporting; Aged; Alopecia – Etiology; Alopecia/etiology; Burns – Etiology; Burns/etiology; Contusions and Abrasions – Etiology; Contusions/etiology; Elder Abuse – Diagnosis; Elder Abuse – Prevention and Control; Elder Abuse/*diagnosis/prevention & control; Humans; Lacerations/etiology; Mandatory Reporting; Risk Factors; Tears and Lacerations – Etiology