Vaccination events provide an opportunity to identify and respond to elder abuse

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Vaccination events provide an opportunity to identify and respond to elder abuse

Ngaire Kerse

Ngaire Kerse

Elder health photo
Te Whare Tapa Whā uses the four walls of the wharenui to symbolise the four dimensions of Māori wellbeing, all of which are damaged by abuse (Te Takinga marae, Lake Rotorua)

ELDER HEALTH

Professor of general practice Ngaire Kerse says GPs are in the perfect position to identify elder abuse – an under-reported problem in New Zealand

Key points, Vaccine-related contact with older patients provides an opportunity to identify and respond to elder abuse – work through the Ministry of Health’s six
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