Preventing Elder Abuse

The Most Vulnerable Resident for Abuse:
The Alzheimer's Patient

Order# AB403
Presented by Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH

lecture and staff discussion
20 minutes
$150 purchase; $75 rental

The symptoms and behaviors associated with each stage of Alzheimer’s disease and other progressive dementia disorders place these patients at the top of the list for potential abuse.

Forgetfulness, confusion, agitation and emotional outbursts associated with the early stages can be frustrating to caregivers. As the disease progresses, care becomes greater and the patient becomes less and less able to communicate. At this point the caregiver connect can erode, but the patient can’t complain.

Unable to care for themselves and unable to communicate, they become the most vulnerable victims for neglect and abuse. Filmed at Edenwald.

Topics: dementia, loss of voice
Audience: students in health professional and social work programs. Long-term care, assisted living, adult day care, and hospice staff.

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