@article{ref1,
title="Domestic violence in old age: prevention and intervention",
journal="Praxis",
year="2020",
author="Wettstein, Albert",
volume="109",
number="10",
pages="801-805",
abstract="Domestic Violence in Old Age: Prevention and Intervention Abstract. Abuse of the eldery occurs frequently. It is experienced most often as psychological abuse (20 %), less often as financial exploitation (4 %) or physical abuse (3 %). The most important risk factor for the elderly is dependence on regular help, especially because of dementia. Caregivers are at a high risk for abuse if they are psychologically conspicuous, live with the dependent or are financially dependent from them. Additional risks are social isolation, unsolved conflicts and a history of domestic violence. The most important intervention on the caregiver's side is the organization of ambulant care servies, and on the victim's side the treatment of nocturnal agitation (&quot;sundowning&quot;) with antidepressant of phytopharmaceutical medication, thus avoiding benzodiazepines and neuroleptics.<p /> <p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="1661-8157",
doi="10.1024/1661-8157/a003482",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1024/1661-8157/a003482"
}