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Background and Aim: Elderly abuse is one of the forms of domestic violence that affects the health, safety and quality of life of the elderly. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of appropriate training package on appropriate treatment of the elderly on family abuse of rural elderly in Ivan city in 1398. Materials and Methods: This was an experimental study of pre-test-post-test with a control group. 92 elderly people living in the villages of Ivan city were selected by stepwise cluster sampling method. The research tool was a questionnaire on elder abuse. An appropriate treatment package for the elderly was provided to 46 family members in the experimental group during 8 weeks. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and McNemar, paired and independent t-tests and analysis of covariance in SPSS-22 software. Significance level was considered 0.05. Results: There was no physical abuse or rejection. The mean scores of elder abuses in the experimental group before and after the intervention had a significant decrease in the dimensions of emotional neglect, psychological abuse (p=0.001) and care neglect (p= 0.01). The mean scores of elder abuses in the experimental and control groups after the intervention had a significant decrease in the dimensions of emotional negligence (p=0.001) and financial negligence (p=0.01). Conclusion: Providing an educational package for appropriate treatment of the elderly was effective in reducing some aspects of family abuse with rural elderly. It is recommended to use the mentioned educational package to change the behavior of elderly family members. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: ABUSE is among the meaning of deprivation of human rights and grandeur that appear as negligence, authority negation, financial exploitation, physical and psychological vexations, and rejection. This study was done to investigate the ABUSE of family with rural elderly in the city of Ivan in 2019. Methods: 92 elderlies who lived in two villages of the city of Ivan in 2019 were selected by stage cluster sampling in this descriptive cross-sectional study. An 8-point Iranian questionnaire of ABUSE related to the elderly in the family and with scores ranging from 0 to 100 was the research tool. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics in SPSS-16 software. Results: There was no physical ABUSE and rejection, but the highest level of ABUSE was emotional negligence. The mean scores of financial ABUSES were less than 10%, authority negation less than 15%, financial neglect less than 20%, caring neglect and psychological ABUSE less than 25%, and emotional negligence less than 55% in both villages. Conclusion: It is suggested that the ABUSE level be measured using the elderly in homes and centers such as hospitals, nursing homes, etc. the injured elderly should be screened and receive necessary consultation and support services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]