Definitions
This branch of medicine focuses on the health care of older adults
What is Geriatrics?
Abuse involving hitting, slapping, or physical harm.
What is physical abuse?
Unexplained bruises or burns on an older adult may indicate this.
What is physical abuse?
Theory that examines the family as a system; change in one member affects all.
What is Systems Theory?
Any act or omission that causes harm to an older adult in a relationship of trust.
What is Elder Abuse?
Taking an older adult’s money or property illegally.
What is financial exploitation?
Caregiver ________ can lead to neglect or abuse.
What is stress or burnout?
Theory that focuses on costs and benefits of relationships.
What is Social Exchange Theory?
The term for failing to provide care or necessities to an elder.
What is Neglect?
Non-consensual sexual contact with an older adult.
What is sexual abuse?
Societal ________ can increase elder abuse by devaluing older adults.
What is ageism?
Macro theory that looks at roles, norms, and social functions.
What is Structural Functionalism?
The level of analysis that focuses on the whole society and social institutions.
What is macro (Structural Functionalism)?
Causing mental pain, distress, or fear.
What is emotional/psychological abuse?
Micro theory that examines individual perception and meanings.
What is Symbolic Interactionism?
Desertion by someone responsible for care.
What is abandonment?
Theory highlighting gender, power inequality, and the vulnerability of elderly women.
What is Feminist Theory?