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Repeated Fractures & Injuries Indicate Elder Abuse
By Emily Lockhart Health Studies in the News

Repeated Fractures & Injuries Indicate Elder Abuse

Older people, especially those with Alzheimer’s and Dementia, are prone to fractures and injuries due to falls. However, researchers at the University Health Network in Toronto, have uncovered a disturbing trend in broken bones and bruises in senior radiology patients that signal elder abuse. “There’s a typical distribution of [fractures and soft tissue] injuries…around the […]

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