The purpose of this study was to investigate if social discrimination based in age (Ageism) is related with risk of elder abuse, mistreatment and /or negligence. subjects participated in this study and were distributed by two groups: old people (N=33) and care providers/punctual assistance of eldery (N=21), to whom were administered, besides a socio-demographic interview, an elder abuse evidence instrument (QEEA – Questions to Elicit Elder Abuse) and Ageism related instruments Ageism Survey in eldery) and ARPI – Relacionamento com Pessoas Idosas - in care providers. The results, based on the general indices of these questionnaires, don’t find any correlations between the two phenomena. However, a deeper analysis of the ageism items allows to confirm the existence of correlations between some of these items and the elder abuse evidence.
Authors
Vergueiro, Maria Emília de Clara
Lima, Margarida Pedroso de
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Universidade de Coimbra. Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, ed. lit.
