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High Prevalence of Medication Non-Adherence in a Sample of Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Adult Protective Services-Validated Self-Neglect by Anisha Turner; Ann Hochschild; Jason Burnett; Amber Zulfiqar; Carmel B. Dyer is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Background: Medication non-adherence can exacerbate disease severity, leading to impairments that interfere with self-care activities in older adults, and, ultimately, death. elder self-neglect is the most common report to adult protective services (aps) across the usa and is a significant risk factor for early mortality. these individuals often suffer from multiple comorbid diseases that require careful management, but for various reasons they are unwilling or unable to provide themselves with the self-care resources necessary for maintaining health and safety. no studies have assessed whether medication adherence is associated with elder self-neglect. ## Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess and describe medication adherence in this population, as well as evaluate associations between medication adherence and cognitive impairment, depression, physical function, and abilities to perform basic and instrumental activities of daily living (badls and iadls). ## Methods: A cross-sectional study of 100 community-dwelling adults 65 years of age and older with aps-substantiated elder self-neglect were assessed. in-home comprehensive geriatric assessments (cgas) were comple
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- Author
- Anisha Turner; Ann Hochschild; Jason Burnett; Amber Zulfiqar; Carmel B. Dyer
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)
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