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Browsing by Subject "Abuse in Later Life"

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  • After Older Adult Maltreatment: Service Needs and Barriers 
    Olomi, Julie; Wright, Naomi; Hasche, Leslie; DePrince, Anne (Traumatic Stress Studies Group, 2019)
    Little research is available specific to the service needs or related barriers of maltreated older adults. Further, no studies have asked at-risk older adults directly for their perspectives on service needs and barriers. ...
  • 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 ...
  • CMS Could Use Medicare Data To Identify Instances of Potential Abuse or Neglect 
    Lamir, David; Roy, Curtis (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2019)
    We identified 34,664 Medicare claims for our audit period that contained diagnosis codes indicating the treatment of injuries potentially caused by abuse or neglect of Medicare beneficiaries. We estimated 30,754 of these ...
  • The conceptualization of mistreatment by older American Indians [Author Manuscript] 
    Jervis, Lori; Sconzert-Hall, William (Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 2017)
    The problem of how to conceptualize elder mistreatment goes back several decades, and is especially important for ethnic minority populations, who may have perspectives that differ from the dominant society. This community-based ...
  • 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 ...
  • Development and evaluation of a social inclusion framework for a comprehensive hospital-based elder abuse intervention 
    Du Mont, Janice; Kosa, S. Daisy; Spencer, Charmaine; Yaffe, Mark; Macdonald, Sheila (PLoS One, 2020)
    A framework of social inclusion can promote equity and aid in preventing and addressing the abuse of older adults. Our objective was to build a social inclusion framework for a comprehensive hospital-based elder abuse ...
  • Disrespect to our Elders: Elder Abuse in Indian County 
    Gray, Jacque (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 ...
  • Effects of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Elder Mistreatment and Response in New York City: Initial Lessons 
    Elman, Alyssa; Breckman, Risa; Clark, Sunday; Gottesman, Elaine; Rachmuth, Lisa; Reiff, Margaret; Callahan, Jean; Russell, Laura; Curtis, Maureen; Solomon, Joy; Sirey, Jo Anne; Lachs, Mark; Czaja, Sara; Pillemer, Karl; Rosen, Tony (SAGE Open, 2020)
    New York City is currently experiencing an outbreak of COVID-19, a highly contagious and potentially deadly virus, which is particularly dangerous for older adults. This pandemic has led to public health policies including ...
  • 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 
    Henderson, Erica; Ervin, Storm (Center for Victim Research (CVR), 2020)
    The Center for Victim Research is assessing the state of the field in victim response specific crime types. This brief summarizes the fast facts and main points of the full synthesis about elder abuse victimization. See ...
  • 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 abuse prevalence in community settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis 
    Yon, Yongjie; Mikton, Christopher; Gassoumis, Zachary; Wilber, Kathleen (The Lancet Global Health, 2017)
    Background: Elder abuse is recognised worldwide as a serious problem, yet quantitative syntheses of prevalence studies are rare. We aimed to quantify and understand prevalence variation at the global and regional levels. ...
  • Elder Abuse Victimization: What We Know from Research- and Practice-Based Evidence 
    Ervin, Storm; Henderson, Erica (Center for Victim Research (CVR), 2020)
    The Center for Victim Research is assessing the state of the field in victim response specific crime types. This synthesis compiles research and practice evidence about elder abuse victimization. The report defines elder ...
  • Elder Abuse Victimization: What We Know from Research- and Practice-Based Evidence [Bibliography] 
    Ervin, Storm; Henderson, Erica (Center for Victim Research (CVR), 2020)
    The Center for Victim Research is assessing the state of the field in victim response specific crime types. This bibliography provides the sources used in the elder abuse victimization synthesis report. See also the synthesis ...
  • Elder Abuse: What do We Know From Research and Practice [Slides] 
    Ervin, Storm; Henderson, Erica; Kasunic, Mary Lynn (Center for Victim Research (CVR), 2020)
    Center for Victim Research (CVR) is assessing the state of the field in victim response specific crime types and creating research syntheses. These webinar slides provide an overview of the syntheses on the research and ...
  • 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 ...