Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Elder Abuse

Emotional, nutritional, financial, or physical maltreatment, exploitation, or abandonment of the older person generally by family members or by institutional personnel.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Emotional, nutritional, financial, or physical maltreatment, exploitation, or abandonment of the older person generally by family members or by institutional personnel.

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Synonyms

24 entry terms
  • Aged Abuse
  • Elderly Abuse
  • Senior Abuse
  • Abuse, Aged
  • Abuse, Elder
  • Abuse, Elderly
  • Abuse, Senior
  • Elderly Abuses
  • Senior Abuses
  • Abuse Experiences, Elder
  • Elder Abuse Experiences
  • Elder Maltreatment
  • Elder Mistreatment
  • Elder Neglect
  • Experience of Elder Abuse
  • Senior Neglect
  • Abuse Experience, Elder
  • Elder Abuse Experience
  • Experience, Elder Abuse
  • Maltreatment, Elder
  • Mistreatment, Elder
  • Neglect, Elder
  • Neglect, Senior
  • Senior Neglects

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Aspects Covered

14 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, diagnosis, economics, ethics, ethnology, history, legislation & jurisprudence, mortality, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, statistics & numerical data, therapy, trends.

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History Note

84

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Previous Indexing

  • Aged (1966-1983)
  • Crime (1968-1983)
  • Violence (1968-1983)

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NLM Classification

WA 356

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Elder Abuse. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004552. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004552
  2. Elder Abuse. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_abuse
  3. Elder Abuse. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q427883