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Identification of Elder Abuse through Out-of-Hospital Emergency Care Providers.

Mari Salminen-TuomaalaJuha TiainenRiitta MikkolaEija Paavilainen
Published in: Research and theory for nursing practice (2021)
The identification of elder abuse may be improved by multiprofessional collaboration, by increased attention given to risk groups and common indicators of abuse, and by adoption or creation of screening tools to assist detection and reporting. Training on the detection of elder abuse should be included in nursing and social work curricula and in the continuing professional development of emergency care providers.
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