Improving forensics: Characterizing injuries among community-dwelling physically abused older adults.

Jeanine M F Yonashiro-ChoZachary D GassoumisKathleen H WilberDiana C Homeier

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2021)

While physical abuse does not always result in physical injury, victims more commonly display head/neck/maxillofacial ecchymoses or tenderness and upper extremity abrasions, ecchymoses, or tenderness. Detection of these injuries among older adults warrants further interview and examination.

Keyphrases

community dwelling
physical activity
mental health
intimate partner violence
real time pcr
optical coherence tomography