M Gorbien’s research while affiliated with Rush University Medical Center and other places

... Differences between the data of Province of Genoa (ISTAT [4]) and the data of the National Elder Abuse Incidence Study [5] Fig. 2 International prevalence rates according to elder abuse type [10] Physical abuse is constituted by acts of deliberate violence, punishment or excessive discipline vis-a-vis the elderly person [11]. Physical violence also includes sexual violence, i.e. "any non-consensual sexual contact with the elderly person"; the victims of this type of abuse are mainly females [12]. ...

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Elder abuse in Europe’s “most elderly” city: an assessment of the phenomenon and an analysis of the data from the Penal Court of Genoa from 2010 to 2015

... such as anxiety or depressive symptoms, higher mortality risk, caregiving style, and abusive behavior. [6][7][8][9][10][11] Although numerous interventions are available to address caregiver burden and improve caregiving outcomes, a critical issue that remains is the identification of these (over-) burdened caregivers. [12][13][14] However, support can only be provided if the carer is primarily identified as such. ...

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The challenge of identifying family carers in general practice at an early stage and measuring their burden: A scoping review of possible tools and their actual use

... A report on "granny battering," published in the British Medical Journal in 1975, drew much attention to the incidence of elder abuse. Subsequently, the 1985 Elder Abuse Prevention, Identification, and Treatment Act of the US Congress defined abuse as the "willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation or cruel punishment with resulting physical harm or pain or mental anguish, or the willful deprivation by a caretaker of goods or services which are necessary to avoid physical harm, mental anguish or mental illness" (Gorbien & Eisenstein, 2005). According to the 2002 Toronto Declaration on the Global Prevention of Elder Abuse of the World Health Organization (WHO), elder abuse is defined as "a single, or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust which causes harm or distress to an older person" (Yon et al., 2019). ...

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Understanding Elder Abuse and Gender Interconnect in the Indian Context

... SLC2A9 and ABCG2 haplotypes are reported to play pivotal roles in the disposition of uric acid [26,28]. However, various factors, including sex, aging, acute and chronic diseases, diet, and medication, affect the levels of uric acid in human blood [29][30][31][32][33]. Furthermore, gout is predominantly found in the male population, and uric acid levels generally increase with aging [34][35][36][37]. Moreover, serum uric acid levels are known to be affected by certain medications (e.g., aspirin, levodopa, and hydrochlorothiazide), vigorous exercise, and foods containing a high amount of purine (e.g., meats, mushrooms, and dried peas). ...

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Gene Dose-Dependent and Additive Effects of ABCG2 rs2231142 and SLC2A9 rs3733591 Genetic Polymorphisms on Serum Uric Acid Levels

... Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is recognized as the second common type of progressive neurodegenerative dementia in elderly people following Alzheimer's dementia (AD) [1,2], with core features characterized by fluctuating cognitive impairments, recurrent visual hallucinations, the motor symptoms of parkinsonism and REM sleep behavior disorder [3]. Various neuropsychiatric symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions occur more frequently in DLB than in AD patients [4], and among delusions, delusional misidentifications including Capgras syndrome associated with visual hallucinations represent the most frequent disturbance [5,6]. ...

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Delusional parasitosis in dementia with Lewy bodies: A case report

... As the population ages, elder self-neglect is becoming a global public health concern, affecting millions of older people each year (Dong & Gorbien, 2005). Studies have shown that self-neglect can affect older people's physical and mental health, quality of life, increase mortality (Lachs et al., 1998)and impact on the use of public health services (Dong & Simon, 2015). ...

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Self-Neglect in Older Populations: An Evolutionary Concept Analysis

... Higher scores for social activities indicate a higher level of social contact and participation; similar measures are reliable predictors of mortality [20]. The loneliness component was assessed using a Chinese adaptation of a 3-item scale derived from the Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale [26], where the participants rated how often they felt lonely using a 4-point scale: 1 = never, 2 = rarely, 3 = sometimes, and 4 = often. The ratings of the loneliness items were reversed before scoring so that higher loneliness scores indicated a lower level or absence of loneliness. ...

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Motivation to Cultivate Social Ties and Diurnal Cortisol: Testing the Mediating Effect of Social Embeddedness in Chinese Older Adults

... Urbanization and rising living costs further exacerbate this burden, potentially leading to neglect as overstretched children struggle to meet familial expectations. Simultaneously, the erosion of traditional multigenerational support systems, coupled with societal stigma around "failed filial piety," may frame insufficient care -including lack of communication -as both a moral failing and a form of elder abuse under cultural norms (Dong et al., 2007;Yan et al., 2002). Notably, while older adults in urban areas face distinct abuse triggers, their ease of access to HCBS may provide partial buffering. ...

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Social networks reshape the impact of elder abuse on social well-being: a national longitudinal analysis of urban-rural disparities in China

... d ≥60 years) was 32.3% which was higher than another study conducted in West Bengal (25.6%) (Sembiah et al., 2020). The magnitude of older abuse was higher in developing countries, including China (35.2%), Nigeria (30%), Ethiopia (41.8%), Nepal (47.4%), Uganda (89%), and Iran (75.4%) than the present study (Atim et al., 2023;Chalise & Basnet, 2017;X. Dong et al., 2008;Nemati-Vakilabad et al., 2023;Pillemer et al., 2016;Wolde et al., 2022). Interestingly, developed countries like the United States (9.5%), Korea (11%), and Canada (4%) showed a lower prevalence of older mistreatment (Kong & Jeon, 2018;Pillemer et al., 2016). This difference can be attributed to difference in methodology adopted or to the ...

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Elder abuse in rural India: uncovering the interplay between functional impairment and ethnicity