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Article

Analysis of the Situation of Abuse Suffered Outside the Institution Older People in the Context of Residential Care

by
Carmelo Gómez Martínez
1,2,*,
Elena Carrasco Martínez
1,
Inmaculada Martínez Escámez
1 and
Pedro Andreo Muñoz
1
1
Asociación Edad Dorada Mensajeros de la Paz Murcia. C/ Orden de Santiago, 5. Abarán, Murcia (España)
2
Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (España)
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Eur. J. Investig. Health Psychol. Educ. 2014, 4(2), 161-168; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe4020015
Submission received: 30 April 2014 / Revised: 26 May 2014 / Accepted: 2 June 2014 / Published: 2 June 2014
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Abstract

Within the elderly population, the specific circumstances that some of the elderly find themselves due to certain socio-cultural factors make them more likely to be abused while residing in assisted living residences, due to the facts that the abuse is coming from the organisation it is unlikely to be reported, or brought to the attention of others, making it difficult to detect and, as a result, an issue not often discussed. We intend to investigate these possibilities; however, due to lack of information on this subject, we aim to address this issue by investigating the number of elderly people living in nursing homes who have suffered abuse due to agents outside of the organisation, such as the family, other residents and Friends. A brief questionnaire was created on an Excel Spreadsheet for the collection of data for this study, these questionnaires where then passed on the social workers of 4 assisted living residences, in the geographical scope of the Murcia region. The data collected correspond to the time period between January and December 2013. The results lead us to believe that the principal risk factors associated with this type of abuse is being a woman, a widow and with and age of about 80 years. Psychological abuse from family members was the most frequently reported type of abuse in the study.
Keywords: Abuse; residence; non-institutional; elderly Abuse; residence; non-institutional; elderly

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Gómez Martínez, C.; Carrasco Martínez, E.; Martínez Escámez, I.; Muñoz, P.A. Analysis of the Situation of Abuse Suffered Outside the Institution Older People in the Context of Residential Care. Eur. J. Investig. Health Psychol. Educ. 2014, 4, 161-168. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe4020015

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Gómez Martínez C, Carrasco Martínez E, Martínez Escámez I, Muñoz PA. Analysis of the Situation of Abuse Suffered Outside the Institution Older People in the Context of Residential Care. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education. 2014; 4(2):161-168. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe4020015

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Gómez Martínez, Carmelo, Elena Carrasco Martínez, Inmaculada Martínez Escámez, and Pedro Andreo Muñoz. 2014. "Analysis of the Situation of Abuse Suffered Outside the Institution Older People in the Context of Residential Care" European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education 4, no. 2: 161-168. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe4020015

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Gómez Martínez, C., Carrasco Martínez, E., Martínez Escámez, I., & Muñoz, P. A. (2014). Analysis of the Situation of Abuse Suffered Outside the Institution Older People in the Context of Residential Care. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 4(2), 161-168. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe4020015

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