Dr. Dong and Dr. Covinsky, Beeson Scholars, on All Types of Elder Abuse Increasing Hospitalizations
A population-based study showed that the maltreatment of older adults – including financial exploitation and psychological abuse – independently raises their likelihood of ending up in the hospital, recently reported by Beeson Scholar XinQi Dong, MD, MPH, of Rush University Medical Center, in JAMA Internal Medicine. "Healthcare professionals should consider screening for elder abuse among older patients who may have frequent encounters with hospitals, as well as those who present to hospital settings for dehydration, malnutrition, delirium, and skin ulcers," Dr. Dong and co-author Melissa A. Simon, MD, MPH, of Northwestern University Medical Center, wrote. Social issues, such as lack of a support network at home and caregiver stress, are also key, Kenneth E. Covinsky, MD, MPH – a geriatrician at the University of California San Francisco and the city's VA Medical Center, and a Beeson Scholar – pointed out in an accompanying editor's note.
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A population-based study showed that the maltreatment of older adults – including financial exploitation and psychological abuse – independently raises their likelihood of ending up in the hospital, recently reported by Beeson Scholar XinQi Dong, MD, MPH, of Rush University Medical Center, in JAMA Internal Medicine. "Healthcare professionals should consider screening for elder abuse among older patients who may have frequent encounters with hospitals, as well as those who present to hospital settings for dehydration, malnutrition, delirium, and skin ulcers," Dr. Dong and co-author Melissa A. Simon, MD, MPH, of Northwestern University Medical Center, wrote. Social issues, such as lack of a support network at home and caregiver stress, are also key, Kenneth E. Covinsky, MD, MPH, a geriatrician at the University of California San Francisco and the city's VA Medical Center and Beeson Scholar, pointed out in an accompanying editor's note.
Read the full article on the study MedPage Today here.
