title: [Identification of elderly material and financial abuse].
abstract: Elder abuse and in particular material and financial exploitation involving the misappropriation of the older person's money or property is common but rarely identified or managed in clinical practice. It has a direct impact on quality of life, health and social status. Our aim is to assist clinicians by summarizing this frequently unrecognized problem. We discuss risk factors, alerting signs, clinical manifestations, and specific questions that can be used for screening purposes as well as intervention strategies preferably in the context of a multidisciplinary team.
authors.affiliation: Unité interdisciplinaire de médecine et de prévention de la violence, Département de médecine communautaire, de premier recours et des urgences, HUG, 1211 Genève 14. emmanuel.escard@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Emmanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Escard
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Barbotz
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Di Pollina
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Margairaz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004552:Elder Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors