Browsing by Subject "Abuse in Later Life"

Associations between Social Support, Social Networks and Financial Exploitation in Older Adults

Beach, Scott (National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA), 2018)

This is research summary is based on the April 25, 2018 NAPSA webinar, Social Relationships and Elder Financial Victimization: Theoretical, Empirical, and Practical Perspectives. This document discusses a research study ...

Associations Between Social Support, Social Networks, and Financial Exploitation in Older Adults

Beach, Scott; Schulz, Richard; Sneed, Rodlescia (SAGE, 2016)

Social support and social networks are important correlates of elder mistreatment. This study tests hypothesized associations between perceived social support, social network size, and financial exploitation (FE). A ...

Design and implementation of an empowerment model to prevent elder abuse: a randomized controlled trial

Estebari, Fatemeh; Dastoorpoor, Maryam; Mostafaei, Davoud; Khanjani, Narges; Khalifekandi, Zahra Rahimi; Fouroushani, Abbas Rahimi; Aghababaeian, Hamidreza; Taghdisi, Mohammad Hossein (National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2018)

Background: Older adults are more vulnerable to health risks than younger people and may get exposed to various dangers, including elder abuse. This study aimed to design and implement an empowerment educational intervention ...

Disrespect to our Elders: Elder Abuse in Indian County

Gray, Jacqueline (National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA), 2017)

This brief summarizes the main points of a webinar that presents current research on elder abuse among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN). It summarizes findings from multiple studies and surveys, some national ...

The effectiveness of educational programs to improve recognition and reporting of elder abuse and neglect: A systematic review of the literature

Alt, Kim; Nguyen, Annie; Meurer, Linda (Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 2011)

Health professionals often lack adequate protocols or knowledge to detect, manage and prevent elder maltreatment. This systematic review describes and evaluates existing literature on the effectiveness of educational ...

Elder Abuse

Lachs, Mark; Pillemer, Karl (New England Journal of Medicine, 2015)

Although it has probably existed since antiquity, elder abuse was first described in the medical literature in the 1970s.1 Many initial attempts to define the clinical spectrum of the phenomenon and to formulate effective ...

Elder Abuse and Its Impact: What You Must Know

Unknown author (National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA), 2013)

This fact sheet includes statistics related to the prevalence of elder abuse in the United States and health, mental, and mortality consequences of elder abuse. (CVRL Abstract)

Elder Abuse Annual Research Compilation, September 2018-August 2019

Unknown author (National Center of Elder Abuse (NCEA), 2019)

This annual compilation is a reference guide containing elder abuse, neglect and exploitation research that was published during the 2018-2019 calendar year of the NCEA grant. The themes and topics that were prominent in ...

Elder Justice: Stronger Federal Leadership Could Enhance National Response to Elder Abuse

Brown, Kay (U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), 2011)

This report contains information on (1) existing estimates of the extent of elder abuse and their quality, (2) factors associated with elder abuse and its impact on victims, (3) characteristics and challenges of state Adult ...

Elder Justice: Survey of Adult Protective Services Program Administrators, an e-supplement to GAO-11-208

Brown, Kay (U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), 2011)

This document presents the results of GAO's web-based survey of all 50 states and the District of Columbia to examine the responsibilities, organization, and challenges of Adult Protective Services (APS) programs. The ...

Elder Self-neglect and Abuse and Mortality Risk in a Community-Dwelling Population

Dong, XinQi; Simon, Melissa; Mendes de Leon, Carlos; Fulmer, Terry; Beck, Todd; Hebert, Liesi; Dyer, Carmel; Paveza, Gregory; Evans, Denis (JAMA: the Journal of the American Medical Association, 2009)

Context—Both elder self-neglect and abuse have become increasingly prominent public health issues. The association of either elder self-neglect or abuse with mortality remains unclear. Objective—To examine the relationship ...

The feasibility of goal attainment scaling to measure case resolution in elder abuse and neglect adult protective services intervention

Burnes, David; Connolly, Marie-Therese; Hamilton, Ricker; Lachs, Mark (Taylor and Francis, 2018)

Objectives: This pilot study describes implementation procedures of goal attainment scaling (GAS) and examines the feasibility of using GAS to measure the multifarious intervention outcome of case resolution in elder ...

Financial Capacity and Financial Exploitation of Older Adults: Research Findings, Policy Recommendations and Clinical Implications [Author Manuscript]

Wood, Stacey; Lichtenberg, Peter (National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2017)

Financial exploitation (FE) of older adults is a social issue that is beginning to receive the attention that it deserves in the media thanks to some high profile cases, but empirical research and clinical guidelines on ...

Fraud versus financial abuse and the influence of social relationships

DeLiema, Marti (National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA), 2018)

In this mixed methods study, fifty-three financial exploitation and fraud cases were sampled from an elder abuse forensic center in California. Data include law enforcement and caseworker investigation reports, victim ...

GAS: A Client-Centered Tool to Generate Intervention Plans and Measure Case Resolution in APS

Burnes, David (National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA), 2019)

In this NCCD-hosted webinar moderated by Jennifer Cotter, an associate director at NCCD, David Burnes, PhD, introduces the idea of goal attainment scaling (GAS), a client-centered tool to generate intervention plans and ...

GAS: A Client-Centered Tool to Generate Intervention Plans and Measure Case Resolution in APS [Research Brief]

Burnes, David (National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA), 2019)

This is research summary is based on the February 7, 2019 NAPSA webinar, GAS: A Client-Centered Tool to Generate Intervention Plans and Measure Case Resolution in APS. GAS stands for Goal Attainment Scaling. This document ...

How at Risk for Abuse are People with Dementia?

Unknown author (National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA), 2012)

This research brief synthesizes research on the mistreatment of those with dementia, covering findings on prevalence and types of abuse, and characteristics associated with those involved in processes of elder mistreatment ...

Identity Theft Among American Indian and Alaskan Native Elders

Riley, Daisy; Gray, Jacqueline; Bluehouse, Randella; Gomez, Terry; Morgan, Rebecca Owl (National Indigenous Elder Justice Initiative, 2015)

This fact sheet provides an overview of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) elder population demographics, statistics on factors related to AI/AN older adults’ financial situations that impact their vulnerability to ...

Intersectional Stigma and Late-Life Intimate-Partner and Sexual Violence: How Social Workers Can Bolster Safety and Healing for Older Survivors

Crockett, Cailin; Cooper, Bergen; Brandl, Bonnie (The British Journal of Social Work, 2018)

Individuals do not become immune to the risks of violence and abuse as they age, and older adults—particularly older women—face intersectional stigma: the compounding of social prejudice and assumptions that draw on a range ...

A Link Across the Lifespan: Animal abuse as a marker for traumatic experiences in child abuse, domestic violence and elder abuse

Arkow, Phil (Academy on Violence and Abuse, 2015)

The author explores the emerging literature defining animal abuse as a form of family violence and highlights existing research which argues that adverse childhood experiences, like animal abuse, can impact long-term health ...

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