scholarly journals PERCEIVED STRESS AND ELDER ABUSE: A POPULATION-BASED STUDY OF ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES CASES IN URBAN CHICAGO

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (Suppl_2) ◽  
pp. 160-161
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Protective Services ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Adult Protective Services

scholarly journals FACILITATORS AND BARRIERS FOR ELDER ABUSE VICTIMS SEEKING HELP: FINDINGS FROM THE NATIONAL ELDER MISTREATMENT STUDY

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S476-S477
Author(s):  
David Burnes ◽  
Ron Acierno ◽  
Melba Hernandez-Tejada
Keyword(s):  
Help Seeking ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Behavioral Model ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Network Size ◽  
Protective Services ◽  
Health Services Use ◽  
Adult Protective Services ◽  
Social Network Size ◽  
Relationship Factors

Abstract Understanding help-seeking among victims of elder abuse is a critical challenge in the field. The vast majority of elder abuse victims remain hidden from formal support/protective response systems, such as adult protective services, legal/justice, law enforcement, or other agencies responsible for addressing this issue in the community. Guided by the Behavioral Model of Health Services Use, this study examined factors that facilitate or impede formal help-seeking among victims of elder emotional, physical and sexual abuse, represented by a call for help in the form of a report to police or other authorities. Data came from a national, population-based elder abuse study in the U.S. with a representative sample (n=304) of victims reporting abuse in the past year. Gold-standard measurement strategies were used to assess each elder abuse subtype. Multivariable logistic regression was conducted to identify help-seeking facilitators/barriers. Help-seeking through reporting to police or other authorities occurred among only 15.4% of elder abuse victims nationwide. Help-seeking was predicted by factors attached to the victim (abuse type, poly-victimization), perpetrator (prior police trouble, social network size), and victim-perpetrator relationship (victim dependence on perpetrator). This study highlights the extremely hidden nature of elder abuse in our society, as well as the need to develop strategies that incorporate victim, perpetrator, and victim-perpetrator relationship factors to promote greater help-seeking among victims.

scholarly journals Evaluating an Integrated APS–Elder Advocate Intervention Model in the State of Maine

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 695-695
Author(s):  
David Burnes ◽  
Marie-Therese Connolly ◽  
Patricia Kimball ◽  
Stuart Lewis ◽  
Erin Salvo
Keyword(s):  
Goal Attainment ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
The State ◽  
Service Planning ◽  
Intervention Model ◽  
Protective Services ◽  
Adult Protective Services ◽  
Intervention Phase ◽  
The Family

Abstract Despite recommendations to include a distinct intervention phase in Adult Protective Services (APS), most APS programs close cases following investigation/substantiation phases without engaging in a defined intervention phase. This study implements and evaluates a novel APS service planning/intervention model in the state of Maine. Using an experimental efficacy trial design with stratified random sampling at the level of Maine APS offices, this study compares standard APS care with an enhanced/integrated APS intervention model involving “elder advocates”. Advocates were trained in motivational interviewing, supported decision-making, teaming, restorative justice, and goal attainment scaling to develop capacity to work with both the older adult victim and perpetrator and to strengthen the family and social systems surrounding the victim-perpetrator dyad. This presentation will present results on the efficacy of this integrated APS/elder advocate model and discuss the challenges and successes in conducting elder abuse intervention research in collaboration with APS and APS clients. Part of a symposium sponsored by Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of Elderly People Interest Group.

scholarly journals Variability in Findings From Adult Protective Services Investigations of Elder Abuse in California

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Mosqueda ◽  
Aileen Wiglesworth ◽  
Alison A. Moore ◽  
Annie Nguyen ◽  
Melanie Gironda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Protective Services ◽  
Adult Protective Services

Psychological elder abuse: measuring severity levels or potential family conflicts?

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 380-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana João Santos ◽  
Baltazar Nunes ◽  
Irina Kislaya ◽  
Ana Paula Gil ◽  
Oscar Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Positive Response ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Multinomial Regression ◽  
Family Conflicts ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Population Based Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Two Measures

Purpose Psychological elder abuse (PEA) assessment is described with different thresholds. The purpose of this paper is to examine how the prevalence of PEA and the phenomenon’s characterisation varied using two different thresholds. Design/methodology/approach Participants from the cross-sectional population-based study, Aging and Violence (n=1,123), answered three questions regarding PEA. The less strict measure considered PEA as a positive response to any of the three evaluated behaviours. The stricter measure comprised the occurrence, for more than ten times, of one or more behaviours. A multinomial regression compared cases from the two measures with non-victims. Findings Results show different prevalence rates and identified perpetrators. The two most prevalent behaviours (ignoring/refusing to speak and verbal aggression) occurred more frequently (>10 times). Prevalence nearly tripled for “threatening” from the stricter measure (>10 times) to the less strict (one to ten times). More similarities, rather than differences, were found between cases of the two measures. The cohabiting variable differentiated the PEA cases from the two measures; victims reporting abuse >10 times were more likely to be living with a spouse or with a spouse and children. Research limitations/implications Development of a valid and reliable measure for PEA that includes different ranges is needed. Originality/value The study exemplifies how operational definitions can impact empirical evidence and the need for researchers to analyse the effect of the definitional criteria on their outcomes, since dichotomization between victim and non-victim affects the phenomenon characterisation.

scholarly journals Elder Abuse in America

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 188-193
Author(s):  
Sabrina Pickens ◽  
Carmel B. Dyer
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Protective Services ◽  
Adult Protective Services ◽  
Lay Public

Elder abuse is a serious social and public health issue with estimates of approximately five and a half million annual reports in the U.S. Identifying and treating abused elders is difficult due to unstandardized protocols and identification guidelines as well as a lack of public awareness to the problem. An interdisciplinary approach in collaboration with Adult Protective Services investigation is paramount to the assessment and care for mistreated elders. Educating healthcare professionals, other professions, and the lay public through social media, local news, and community education can increase awareness to this often overlooked problem.

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