Older adults often rely on family and friends for care and support. Individuals providing support can take advantage of their vulnerabilities, resulting in neglect, physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, or financial exploitation. Conventional approaches, which older adults are often reluctant to pursue, utilize social service interventions, criminal justice responses, civil litigation, and case review multi-disciplinary teams. This project explored providers' perspectives on using restorative processes, alternative approaches that bring together the person harmed, the person committing the harm, and the community to address the harm and repair relationships. Researchers recruited and interviewed providers working with abused older adults, as referred by a community-based elder justice working group. Providers perceived that restorative processes have the potential to address and prevent social isolation, which often leads to elder abuse. We recommend providers explore restorative processes to address elder abuse, paying attention to implementation barriers and identifying appropriate methods for supporting and maintaining outcomes.

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解决虐待老人的问题：服务提供商对恢复过程的潜力的看法。

老年人通常依靠家人和朋友的照顾和支持。提供支持的个人可以利用自身的弱点，从而导致疏忽，身体，情感或性虐待，或财务剥削。老年人通常不愿采用的常规方法是利用社会服务干预措施，刑事司法对策，民事诉讼和案件复审跨学科团队。该项目探讨了提供者在使用恢复性程序，将受害人，遭受伤害的人以及危害和修复关系的社区聚集在一起的替代方法方面的观点。研究人员招募并采访了与受虐待的老年人一起工作的提供者，这是基于社区的老年司法工作组的推荐。提供者认为，恢复性程序有可能解决和防止社会孤立，这往往导致虐待老年人。我们建议提供者探索恢复过程，以解决虐待老人的问题，注意实施障碍，并确定支持和维持结果的适当方法。