Citation

Manthorpe J, Biggs S, McCreadie C, Tinker A, Hills A, O'Keefe M, Doyle M, Constantine R, Scholes S, Erens B. Nurs. Older People 2007; 19(8): 24-26.

Affiliation

Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King's College London.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, RCN Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17972781

Abstract

This article reports briefly on the first UK prevalence study (undertaken in 2006-7) of the abuse and neglect of older people living in the community. Older people living in the community who reported mistreatment and neglect (2.6 per cent) equate to about 227,000 of the population aged 66 years and over. If figures are broadened to include neighbours and acquaintances, prevalence increases from 2.6 per cent to 4.0 per cent. This article identifies risk factors of loneliness, depression and poor quality of life. It suggests that nurses have a key role in day-to-day clinical practice in enabling older people to report abuse and neglect.

Language: en