Clinical Trial: Responding to Elder Abuse in GERiAtric Care - Dementia
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Elder Abuse
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: Responding to Elder Abuse in GERiAtric Care (REAGERA) - Dementia Validation of Screening Instruments to Detect Abuse of Persons With Dementia
Brief Summary:
Abuse of older people is common and people with dementia are especially susceptible to abuse.Older people may be subjected to physical, psychological, sexual, financial abuse or neglect by relatives as well as health and social care professionals or other people in a relationship involving an expectation of trust.Reporting experiences of abuse is associated with poor health outcomes.Still, abusive experiences are often unknown to professionals.This study protocol describes the development and procedure to test the…
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