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ArticleJournal of elder abuse & neglect

Behavioral symptoms in patients with dementia are associated with care partner abusive behaviors.

Emily LeRolland, Francesca Falzarano, Karen L Siedlecki

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3 authors.

Emily LeRollandDepartment of Psychology, Fordham University, New York, New York, USA.
Francesca FalzaranoLeonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Karen L SiedleckiDepartment of Psychology, Fordham University, New York, New York, USA.

Funding

The Caregiver Resource Room: Enhancing Support for Caregivers of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD)R00AG073509 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI FALZARANO, FRANCESCA · 2023 to 2025
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Abuse of older adults with dementia is an increasingly prevalent public health concern in the United States. The current study examined whether care recipient behavioral symptoms (e.g. aggressive or agitated behaviors) predicted abusive behaviors by care partners. Participants comprised 379 care partners- individuals who identified as being a primary caregiver for a person with dementia. Results indicate that most participants reported engaging in at least one abusive behavior toward their care recipient. Behavioral symptoms in care recipients were a significant predictor of abusive behavior perpetrated by the care partner, even after controlling for a large number of covariates. Care partner depressive symptoms significantly mediated the relationship between care recipient behavioral symptoms and care partner abusive behavior. Our results suggest that physician screening for depression in care partners and referral to appropriate resources may be one avenue for decreasing the risk of abuse toward care recipients.

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Behavioral SymptomsCaregiversDementiaElder AbuseAgedAged, 80 and overDepressionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedUnited StatesAbuse of older adultsbehavioral symptoms of dementiacare partner abusive behaviorsdementiadepressive symptoms

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PMID40772682
PMCPMC12863014

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