Open AccessThe Social Relationship Context of Elder Mistreatment
Author(s) -
Jaclyn S. Wong,
Hannah Breslau,
V Eloesa McSorley,
Kristen Wroblewski,
Melissa Howe,
Linda J. Waite
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the gerontologist/the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnz154
Subject(s) - elder abuse , psychological intervention , latent class model , social support , descriptive statistics , context (archaeology) , psychology , gerontology , medicine , poison control , suicide prevention , psychiatry , medical emergency , social psychology , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , biology
Elder mistreatment victims at risk of poor physical and psychological health may benefit from increased social support. This article identifies mistreatment victims among community-dwelling older Americans and maps their social networks to guide the design of social support interventions.