Severe Family Violence and Alzheimer’s Disease: Prevalence and Risk Factors

Gregory J. Paveza; Donna Cohen; Carl Eisdorfer; Sally Freels; Todd Semla; J. Wesson Ashford; Philip Gorelick; Robert Hirschman; Daniel Luchins; Paul Levy

doi:10.1093/geront/32.4.493

Severe Family Violence and Alzheimer’s Disease: Prevalence and Risk Factors

Gregory J. Paveza, Donna Cohen, Carl Eisdorfer, Sally Freels, Todd Semla, J. Wesson Ashford, Philip Gorelick, Robert Hirschman, Daniel Luchins, Paul Levy

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Abstract

This study describes the prevalence of violence and the putative risk factors for violence in 184 Alzheimer patients and their primary caregivers living in the community. Analysis of the severe violence subscale of the Conflict Tactics Scale indicated that 15.8% of patients had been violent in the year since diagnosis. A total of 5.4% of caregivers reported being violent toward the patient. The overall prevalence of violence was 17.4%. The variables most associated with violence were caregiver depression and living arrangement.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	493-497
Number of pages	5
Journal	Gerontologist
Volume	32
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/32.4.493
State	Published - Aug 1992

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Keywords

Caregivers
Dementia
Elder abuse

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Gerontology
Geriatrics and Gerontology

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Paveza, G. J., Cohen, D., Eisdorfer, C., Freels, S., Semla, T., Wesson Ashford, J., Gorelick, P., Hirschman, R., Luchins, D., & Levy, P. (1992). Severe Family Violence and Alzheimer’s Disease: Prevalence and Risk Factors. Gerontologist, 32(4), 493-497. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/32.4.493

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