“…[66] Similarly, intuition, suspicions and experience were factors used by public health nurses, nurses, auxiliary nurses, social workers and care workers in the identification of suspected elder abuse cases. [42,46] Recognizing suspected cases of elder abuse can be difficult. [33] The first step in clinical assessment is recognition of a possible abuse situation, followed by the gathering of evidence from a wide range of sources, observation, judgement, decision making and conclusion.…”