ABSTRACT

Fatality review teams (FRTs) have been historically helpful in identifying systemic issues that may lead to child and domestic violence deaths to improve responses, guide prevention efforts, and better serve victims. More recently, these teams have formed to address similar concerns in elder abuse matters. The American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging received an early grant to study elder abuse fatality review teams (EAFRTs) and in 2005 created its first Replication Guide. The current study reports on a subsequent national survey of EAFRTs, conducted 14 years later to identify important similarities and differences in team operations, impact and sustainability. EAFRTs are growing nationally in numbers, have positive impacts on member elder abuse and victim services knowledge, skills and confidence, but experience challenges to impact evaluability and sustainability due to low funding and membership time, turnover and commitment. Recommendations for supporting newly developing and currently functioning EAFRTs are provided.

摘要

死亡率审查小组 (FRT) 历来有助于确定可能导致儿童和家庭暴力死亡的系统性问题，以改进应对措施、指导预防工作并更好地为受害者服务。最近，这些团队已经成立，以解决虐待老人问题的类似问题。美国律师协会法律和老龄化委员会获得了早期资助，用于研究虐待老人死亡审查小组 (EAFRT)，并于 2005 年创建了第一个复制指南。当前的研究报告了随后的 EAFRT 全国调查，该调查在 14 年后进行，以确定团队运作、影响和可持续性方面的重要异同。EAFRT 的数量在全国范围内不断增长，对成员虐待老人和受害者服务的知识、技能和信心产生积极影响，但由于资金和成员时间、人员流动和承诺不足，在影响可评估性和可持续性方面遇到挑战。提供了支持新开发和当前运行的 EAFRT 的建议。