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Nursing Research and Practice
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 861484, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/861484
Review Article

Evidence-Based Approaches to Remedy and Also to Prevent Abuse of Community-Dwelling Older Persons

Donna M. Wilson,1 Sandra E. Ratajewicz,1 Charl Els,2 and Mary A. Asirifi1

1Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2G3, Canada
2School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2R7, Canada

Received 6 January 2011; Revised 15 May 2011; Accepted 27 June 2011

Academic Editor: Sheila Payne

Copyright © 2011 Donna M. Wilson et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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