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MeSH Heading: Elder Abuse
Tree Number(s): I01.198.240.856.350.390; I01.880.735.900.350.390
Unique ID: D004552
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004552
Scope Note: Emotional, nutritional, financial, or physical maltreatment, exploitation, or abandonment of the older person generally by family members or by institutional personnel.
Entry Term(s): Aged Abuse; Elder Maltreatment; Elder Mistreatment; Elder Neglect; Elderly Abuse; Senior Abuse
NLM Classification #: WA 356
Previous Indexing: Aged (1966-1983); Crime (1968-1983); Violence (1968-1983)
Public MeSH Note: 84
History Note: 84
Date Established: 1984/01/01
Date of Entry: 1983/06/06
Revision Date: 2021/05/12

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

diagnosis (DI)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

ethnology (EH)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

mortality (MO)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

rehabilitation (RH)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

therapy (TH)

trends (TD)

Concept UI: M0007156
Scope Note: Emotional, nutritional, financial, or physical maltreatment, exploitation, or abandonment of the older person generally by family members or by institutional personnel.
Terms: Elder Abuse Preferred Term
Term UI T013912
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1984); Aged Abuse
Term UI T013911
Date06/06/1983
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Elder Neglect
Term UI T013913
Date05/16/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Elderly Abuse
Term UI T001080724
Date05/15/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Senior Abuse
Term UI T001080726
Date05/15/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID

Elder Abuse MeSH Descriptor Data 2023