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How do you identify and respond to possible elder abuse in patients with dementia?
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Psychiatry · University of California
Elder abuse, also known as elder mistreatment, includes psychological, physical, and sexual abuse; neglect, which includes caregiver neglect or self-neglect, and financial exploitation. Physical abuse includes the infliction of physical pain or injury to an older adult, which may result in bruises, ...