title: Becoming an advocate for the elderly.
abstract: The Pennsylvania Department of Aging reports that as many as one in 20 older adults may be victims of abuse. In this article, John M. Prendergast, MD, MPH, medical director of the Center for Aging at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, discusses what he considers to be the most prevalent form of abuse--passive neglect. He considers it a problem about which all physicians should be better educated.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hoepfer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003151:Community Health Centers; D003153:Community Health Services; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D004552:Elder Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010414:Pennsylvania