Abstract:
The National Adult Protective Services Resource Center (NAPSRC) is a project (No. 90ER0002/01) of the Administration for Community Living, US Administration on Aging, US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), administered by the National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA). Grantees carrying out projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Therefore, points of view or opinions do not necessarily represent official Administration on Aging or DHHS policy. The National Adult Protective Services Resource Center (NAPSRC) partnered with the National Council on Crime and Delinquency to learn about evidence-based practices in adult protection services (APS).This effort included two surveys. The first was sent to adult protection services workers, supervisors, managers, and administrators on the NAPSRC distribution list and was available online between May 3and June 4, 2012. This survey targeted individuals working in APS and asked them to identify evidence-based practices used by their agencies. Respondents were also asked to identify individuals who could be contacted for additional information on evidence-based practices. The second survey targeted only those individuals identified as information sources one evidence-based practices and was available online between June 20 and July 12, 2012. In this subsequent survey, the respondents were asked about the types of research that had been conducted on the assessments and programs identified as evidence based and for access to published and unpublished research. (Author Text)