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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/125112| Title: | The vulnerability of older persons |
| Other Titles: | Active and healthy ageing in Malta : gerontological and geriatric inquiries |
| Authors: | Mallia, Pierre |
| Keywords: | Older people -- Abuse of -- Malta Abused older people -- Malta -- Case studies Patients -- Legal status, laws, etc. Vulnerability (Personality trait) Older people -- Institutional care |
| Issue Date: | 2018 |
| Publisher: | BDL Publishers |
| Citation: | Mallia, P. (2018). The vulnerability of older persons. In M. Formosa (Ed.), Active and healthy ageing in Malta: Gerontological and geriatric inquiries (pp. 183-199). Malta: BDL Publishers. |
| Abstract: | Case: Mrs. A was a 75 year old older person admitted to emergency care with dehydration and hypoglycaemia. She said that since she moved slowly her daughter, Ms. S, had begun to push her in order to move faster and that the wounds had come from falls during these occasions in which she hit objects – which is what she would report to her general practitioner (GP). Later she claimed that the daughter hit her when she would not eat. The most recent was an injury to her forehead which she claimed was due to a recent push when she hit the corner of the table. She said that on one occasion, when she did not like the food her daughter had prepared, the latter had splashed the plate onto her face. [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/125112 |
| ISBN: | 9789995799410 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SFM |
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