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KMID : 0869220100140010003
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Journal of Korean Geriatric Psychiatry
2010 Volume.14 No. 1 p.3 ~ p.8
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Elder Abuse
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Kim Shin-Kyum
Park In-Soo
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Abstract
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Just these days elder abuse receives increasing social attention even though Korea already entered the ageing society with the steep
increase of elderly population and this causes many social problems including elderly suicides. We need to develop methods to deal with
these severe social problems, but, owing to lack of reliable data and studies, it is even difficult to document actual conditions of elder
maltreatment. In a Korean nationwide epidemiological study conducted in 2007, the prevalence rate of elder abuse for last one year
was 6.0%. Emotional abuse showed the highest prevalence (5.2%), and followed by neglect (2.3%), physical abuse (0.2%). The
purpose of this study is to investigate the current prevalence and condition of elder maltreatment and provide the information about
concept, types, risk factors and intervention of elder maltreatment.
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KEYWORD
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Elder abuse·Neglect·Aged.
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