Interventions for preventing elder abuse: applying findings of a new Cochrane review.
Age Ageing
; 46(3): 346-348, 2017 05 01.
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| ID: mdl-27737827
ABSTRACT
There is evidence that elder abuse is a significant public health problem that is destined to grow as population age. Countries are considering how best to act and this requires an understanding of the complex causal mechanisms contributing to its occurrence and the identification of effective interventions which can potentially make a difference. Previously, a high quality synthesis of evidence for policy and practice has been missing. In this paper, we describe a new Cochrane review of interventions to prevent the occurrence or reoccurrence of elder abuse. Overall, the quality of the evidence available for decision making is very low and there is little to guide practice. Amongst the interventions, there is some evidence that teaching coping skills to family carers of persons with dementia might make the situation better. We argue that poor quality and wasteful research needs to be avoided, and front-line agencies be supported in undertaking comparative evaluation of their services.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Elder Abuse
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Glycoside Hydrolase Inhibitors
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Animals
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Year:
2017
Type:
Article