@article{ref1,
title="The pattern of elderly abuse presenting to an emergency department",
journal="Singapore medical journal",
year="2000",
author="Cham, G. W. and Seow, E.",
volume="41",
number="12",
pages="571-574",
abstract="AIM: To determine the pattern and frequency of elder abuse presenting to an urban Emergency unit in Singapore. METHOD: The survey was conducted from May 1994 to December 1997. The patients consisted of adults who were 65 years or older who presented to the Emergency Department with non-accidental trauma or complained of other acts of cruelty. RESULT: 17 cases of elder abuse were found, out of a total of 62,826 elderly patients. The frequency of elder abuse presenting to the Emergency Department was 0.03%. Elder abuse makes up 2.9% of all cases of family violence involving adults in this period. The average age was 74.6 years old. There was a predominance of Chinese females. In 58.8% the assailants were the daughter-in-law or son. 70.5% were ambulatory. Most (76.4%) had a chronic medical illness, commonly hypertension, diabetes mellitus, or both. Blunt musculoskeletal trauma, head or maxillofacial injuries were the commonest injuries encountered. CONCLUSION: Elder abuse is a significant subset of Family Violence. It may be more widespread than thought. Awareness of its occurrence is a first step in halting its progression.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0037-5675",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}