Citation

Piña-Escudero SD, Weinstein CA, Ritchie C. J. Elder Abuse Negl. 2019; 31(3): 255-261.

Affiliation

Geriatrics, Medicine , UCSF , San Francisco , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/08946566.2019.1584070

PMID

30810492

Abstract

Mistreatment is an important social outcome of the growing cognitive impairment epidemic, particularly in developing countries. This study aimed to bring to light what is known about mistreatment in cognitively impaired individuals in Latin American Countries. We identified a gap in the literature on this topic that opens the door for future research.

Language: en

Keywords

Latin America; Mistreatment; cognitive impairment; dementia; elder abuse