Status quo of elder abuse and its countermeasures in nursing / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

The article reviews the current status of elder abuse from the perspective of epidemiology, characteristics of abuse, risk factors and nursing assessment and management, presenting the idea that nurses are playing a major role in the prevention,detection and resolution of elder abuse. It also introduces that nurse can screen out the situation of elder abuse timely by applying the proper assessment tool flexible and respond to the occurrence of elder abuse as well as avoid the elder abuse again by comprehensive application of nursing knowledge and management skills. Some advices about future research and mismanagement in elder abuse being given.