Causes of elder abuse: Caregiver stress versus problem relatives.
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 59 (2) , 179-187
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.1989.tb01649.x
Abstract
Elderly abuse victims and a nonabused control group were compared to test the widely accepted proposition that such abuse results from the burden and stress placed on those caring for infirm and dependent elderly people. The study found substantially more support for the idea that abuse is associated with personality problems of the caregiverKeywords
Funding Information
- National Institute on Aging (1 Rol AG04333-010)
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