Health Science Students Perceptions and Awareness of Elder Abuse and Neglect

Abstract

Results: Although the majority of the students (92.7%) have indicated that they were aware of the concept of elderly abuse and neglect, it was observed that the students couldn’t define the concept of elderly abuse either comprehensively or clearly. It was determined in our study that the type of abuse mostly known by these students was physical abuse, and thus their knowledge about abuse was insufficient. It was observed that the number of students who receive education about this concept was higher in the nursing department when compared to the other departments (p<0.05).