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II.10 Elder Abuse in Asia - An Overview--Elsie Yan
II.10 Elder Abuse in Asia - An Overview--Elsie Yan
Pages 105-111
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The partnership has connected The Hebrew Home with a plethora of potential funding streams and has been the source of significant media attention for the Home. Additionally, the onsite presence of the Weinberg Center staff allows The Hebrew Home to continue to innovate regarding other family violence–related issues, including, most recently, the implementation of a workplace domestic violence program that includes mandatory training for all staff members.
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reported similar prevalence rates of 36.2 percent, with psychological abuse being the most common form of mistreatment (27.3 percent) , followed by caregiver neglect (15.8 percent)
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found a prevalence rate of 14.1 percent in a sample of 400 community-dwelling older Indians, with chronic verbal abuse being the most common (10.8 percent) , followed by financial abuse (5 percent)
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Among those who reported abuse, 44 percent identified disrespect as the most common form of abuse, 30 percent identified neglect, and 26 percent identified verbal abuse. Forty-six percent of the respondents in this sample had observed cases of abuse in their surroundings.
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interviewed 481 family caregivers providing care to older Koreans with dementia. They found that 16.4 percent had "often yelled at the care recipients," 7.5 percent had often "confined the care recipients to a room," 4 percent had often "left their care recipients unattended," 2.9 percent had often "not prepare[d]
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Korean elders tend to see insufficient attention from their daughtersin-law as a form of abuse. Some of the culturally specific examples of abuse include "failure to employ Korean language usage that denotes respect,"
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They may not reflect the actual prevalence of abuse due to their small sample size and biased sample characteristics. It is observed that studies using representative samples generally reported lower rates as compared to those from non-representative samples.
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