SAN FRANCISCO — Ophthalmologists must be aware of signs that indicate elder abuse in older patients, according to a speaker here.
Elder abuse is predicted to affect approximately 5% to 15% of community-dwelling older adults and was also found to have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, Suzann Pershing, MD, MS, said in a presentation at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.
“When I found this statistic, it was quite sobering. It makes it very likely that most of us do indeed see patients who are subjected to some form of (Read more...)