Abstract

HERNANDEZ RODRIGUEZ, Izamir et al. Violence in the elderly. AMC [online]. 2002, vol.6, n.6, pp. 609-614. ISSN 1025-0255.

A descriptive study was carried out so as to know violence behavior in geriatric patients belonging to Carlos J. Finlay Community Polyclinic of Camagüey during 1999. The sample was collected through a systematic randomized system; one out of each five patients who assisted to geriatric consultation 90 % of the older patients surveyed had been victims of violence in any of its modalities. This proportion is of 100 % in 80 years old patients and over, 73, 3 % of them were conscious of the abuse received. Incorret answers, pushings and subtracting importance to their problems were the main expressions of psychological, physical maltreatment and negligence. The hindering of elder participation in home decisions and taking off importance to their opinions resulted in the fundamental modalities of familiar abuse.

Keywords : VIOLENCE; ELDER ABUSE.

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