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AUTHOR
Arnaldo Di Sciacca
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Ecocolordoppler epiaortico e transcranico nelle diagnosi differenziale delle demenze
2004
ANEMIA E DECLINO FUNZIONALE NELL’ANZIANO
2004
Violenza contro le persone anziane
2005
Abuse against elderly persons is extremely frequent, although very often is not declared, and entails high human and financial costs. There are on the whole three types of abuse including domestic, institutional, and auto inflicted. It is difficult to get enough information to define the real dimension of the problem, but data from the National Elder Abuse Incidence Study (NEAIS) describe an increasing and expanding phenomenon. The large proportions of this type of violence has lead the World Health Organization to propose strategies primarily focused on three points: Awareness, Education en Defence. An important role in the prevention and diagnosis of elderly abuse is in the hands of the p…