ArticleBMC geriatrics2022
Abusive episodes among home-dwelling persons with dementia and their informal caregivers: a cross-sectional Norwegian study.
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- Development and validation of the screening tool for identifying elder abuse by caregivers (STIEAC).PloS one · 2026Article
- The Cause-and-Consequence Relationships between Domestic Abuse and Alzheimer's Disease: Identification of Five Subtypes.Current Alzheimer research · 2026Review
- Change in Fall Status of Older People With Dementia and Caregiving Difficulties: Moderation Effects of Living Arrangements.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Article
- Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Gatos Clinical Test questionnaire in patients with severe dementia.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Institutional, humane, therapeutic: Towards an understanding of caregiver violence through third sector violence prevention discourse in Finland.Sociology of health & illness · 2025Article
- Relative-to-resident abuse in Norwegian nursing homes: a cross-sectional exploratory study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Psychometric properties of instruments for measuring abuse of older people in community and institutional settings: A systematic review.Campbell systematic reviews · 2024Review
- Contextual Factors Associated with Abuse of Home-Dwelling Persons with Dementia: A Cross-Sectional Exploratory Study of Informal Caregivers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Behavioral symptoms in patients with dementia are associated with care partner abusive behaviors.Journal of elder abuse & neglectArticle
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Abstract
backgroundElder abuse is a serious issue with a global prevalence of 15.7% in the community setting. Persons with dementia are at higher risk of elder abuse than the older population in general. With a high and increasing prevalence of dementia this issue cannot be neglected. Hence, the aims of this study were 1) to describe the proportion of abusive episodes among home-dwelling persons with dementia and their informal caregivers, and 2) to explore differences between informal caregivers who have reported committing and not committing abusive acts.
methodsA cross-sectional survey was conducted among informal caregivers of home-dwelling persons with dementia in Norway from May to December 2021 with a total of 549 participants.
resultsTwo-thirds of informal caregivers had committed at least one abusive episode toward the person with dementia in the past year (63.5% psychological abuse, 9.4% physical abuse, 3.9% financial abuse, 2.4% sexual abuse, 6.5% neglect). One-third of informal caregivers had experienced aggression from the person with dementia (33.9% psychological abuse, 7.8% physical abuse, 1.1% financial abuse, 1.4% sexual abuse). Tests for independence showed that the risk of abusive episodes from informal caregivers toward persons with dementia was higher when the informal caregiver was a spouse/partner of the person with dementia and if they experienced aggression from the person with dementia.
conclusionsThe results demonstrate that a majority of informal caregivers commit some form of abusive episodes, and episodes that fall within the scope of psychological abuse are most frequent. This study expands knowledge about elder abuse among home-dwelling persons with dementia. Increased understanding of the dynamics of abuse is essential to be able to reduce risk and prevent abuse.
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