Elder abuse: dermatologic clues and critical solutions.

Elder abuse: dermatologic clues and critical solutions.

Palmer Matthew; Brodell Robert T; Mostow Eliot N

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

2013

2013-02

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.

*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

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