TY - JOUR AU - Ekasawin, Suparat PY - 2012/04/03 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Factors determined abuse of demented elderly by carers in community population JF - วารสารสุขภาพจิตแห่งประเทศไทย JA - J Ment Health Thai VL - 19 IS - 3 SE - บทความปริทัศน์ DO - UR - https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jmht/article/view/975 SP - 191-198 AB - <p>Objective This literature review aimed to summarize the main factors determined abuse of demented elderly by carers in community population.</p><p>Materials and methods Keying words “abuse, care-giver, dementia elderly” into PubMed search engine, we retrieved the article from 1995-2010 and found 133 related pieces and 19 linked<br />articles from the page of PubMed. From Google Advance search engine for Thai article by the same key words in Thais, we found 1 Thai pieces with clear content and be reachable only 38 full papers.</p><p>Results The main 2 factors determined abuse of demented elderly by carers in community population were mental health problems in care giver and bond between care-giver-demented elderly<br />and elderly misbehaviors eg. psychosis, aggression, catastrophic reaction, depression and sleep problem.</p><p>Conclusion These results illuminated the factors determined abuse of demented elderly by carers in community population. They might be useful in abuse preventive intervention plan</p> ER -