Elderly Abuse In Service Home: A Literature Review
Vo, Nhu; Shah, Asiyana (2019)
Vo, Nhu
Shah, Asiyana
2019
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The purpose of this thesis is to describe how to identify elderly abuse in service homes and to explore effective nursing interventions to prevent elderly abuse. The aim of this study is to provide better un-derstanding and bring awareness about elderly abuse in service homes.
There are nineteen articles chosen to answer for two research questions. The methodology of the study was the literature review. There are many resources taken from Centria databases like SAGE Premier, Science Direct, Academic Search Elite (EBSCO), ProQuest.
Elderly abuse is now recognizable as a serious social problem all over the world. Elderly people are abused in different forms and the abuser can be family members, caregivers, strangers. Elderly abuse can happen in any setting either own home, service homes, health centers or hospitals. The prevalence of elderly abuse is still difficult to research because many cases of abuse are under-reported.
Findings from this study indicate that elderly abuse can be identified from clinical signs and indica-tors suggesting to different forms of abuse. Use of screening tools also guides to identify elderly abuse. Screening tools cannot be applied to diagnose elderly abuse, but it helps to assess the possibility of abuse in elderly people. Nurses plays a vital role in safeguarding vulnerable elderly people in service homes. Nurses need to be aware about policies for elderly people and legislation about elderly abuse. On the other hand, there are many effective strategies for preventing elderly abuse for both informal caregivers and nurses. Education to prevent elderly abuse is important for both elderly people and health caregivers. In order to intervene effectively to elderly abuse, reporting of elderly abuse should be taken into education for elderly people, informal caregivers and nurses.
There are nineteen articles chosen to answer for two research questions. The methodology of the study was the literature review. There are many resources taken from Centria databases like SAGE Premier, Science Direct, Academic Search Elite (EBSCO), ProQuest.
Elderly abuse is now recognizable as a serious social problem all over the world. Elderly people are abused in different forms and the abuser can be family members, caregivers, strangers. Elderly abuse can happen in any setting either own home, service homes, health centers or hospitals. The prevalence of elderly abuse is still difficult to research because many cases of abuse are under-reported.
Findings from this study indicate that elderly abuse can be identified from clinical signs and indica-tors suggesting to different forms of abuse. Use of screening tools also guides to identify elderly abuse. Screening tools cannot be applied to diagnose elderly abuse, but it helps to assess the possibility of abuse in elderly people. Nurses plays a vital role in safeguarding vulnerable elderly people in service homes. Nurses need to be aware about policies for elderly people and legislation about elderly abuse. On the other hand, there are many effective strategies for preventing elderly abuse for both informal caregivers and nurses. Education to prevent elderly abuse is important for both elderly people and health caregivers. In order to intervene effectively to elderly abuse, reporting of elderly abuse should be taken into education for elderly people, informal caregivers and nurses.