Ability of Nurse’s Recognition toward Elderly Abuse from Caregiver in Mosul City

Background & objective: Elder abuse is the term used to describe any act, either one-time or repeated, or a failure to take appropriate action, that harms or distresses an older person in a relationship where trust is expected. The study aims to assess nurses’ ability to recognize elderly abuse from their caregiver in emergency department in Mosul city.

Method & material: A descriptive study was conducted in emergency department In Mosul hospitals from period 1/11/2024-1/4/2025. Purposive sampling was used to select 60 nurses who working in emergency department. The data were collected by developed tool based on previous study, it consists of two parts: part one for demographic data for nurses, and the second parts consist of 7 subscales to assess nurses recognize elderly abuse. The data were collected though interview technique and analyzed by using SPSS program version (26).

Results: The study's findings demonstrated that nurses' capacity to identify towards the elderly abuse in general was fair with mean (3.248), Signs pertaining to the elderly received the highest awareness rating (3.630).

Conclusions & Recommendations: that nurses had a fair understanding of recognizing elder abuse across all subscales, while with awareness of signs related to older adults being relatively better, rated as good. Overall, the results indicate an average understanding, highlighting the need for educational efforts to enhance awareness.