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Validation of a Psychosocial Intervention on Body Image in Older People: An Experimental Design
Published on: May 31, 2021
[Aging and becoming vulnerable]
Stéfanie Monod1, Annelore Sautebin
1Service de gériatrie et réadaptation gériatrique, CUTR Sylvana, Département de médecine, CHUV, 1066 Epalinges. Stefanie.Monod-Zorzi@chuv.ch
Abstract:
"The vulnerable are those whose autonomy, dignity and integrity are capable of being threatened". Based on this ethical definition of vulnerability, four risk factors of vulnerability might be identified among elderly persons, and are described in this article: the functional limitation, the loss of autonomy, the social precariousness and the restriction of access to medical care. A clinical case of elderly abuse is presented to illustrate vulnerability. Finally, some recommendations to lower the risk of vulnerability in elderly persons are proposed.
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