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Introduction: elder mistreatment response in the emergency department and hospital Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-19 Terry Fulmer, Abby Maglich
Published in Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (Vol. 36, No. 4, 2024)
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Neighborly relations and self-neglect in older adults living alone: a cross-sectional study in rural areas of Southwest China Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-13 Yuling Jia, Yuexue Yue, Yu Sheng
This study aims to examine the association between neighborly relations and self-neglect.We used the Scale of the Elderly Self-neglect to measure elder self-neglect. Logistic regression was used to...
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Risa Breckman elder abuse pioneer career impact award lecture and career reflections Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-06 Alyssa Elman, Elizabeth M. Bloemen, Tony Rosen
Published in Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (Vol. 36, No. 4, 2024)
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Social support and elder mistreatment in Brazil: exploring relationships and moderating effects Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-30 Victor Leocádio, Wanderson Bomfim
Prior literature has demonstrated a negative association between social support and elder mistreatment. Furthermore, social support may moderate the negative relationship between health-related ind...
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Emergency department and hospital-based programs responding to elder mistreatment: developing consensus about an idea whose time has come Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-25 Elizabeth M. Bloemen, Alyssa Elman, Sarah Tietz, Amy Shaw, Daniel M. Lindberg, Elaine Gottesman, Jason Hayes, Daniel Baek, Michelle Sullivan, Robin Yasui, Chloe Pino, Jennine McAuley, David Hancock, E-Shien Chang, Veronica M. LoFaso, Michael E. Stern, Tony Rosen
Elder mistreatment is common, serious, and under-recognized, with Emergency Department and hospital clinical encounters offering a potential but currently unrealized opportunity to identify and hel...
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Examining ethical issues that arise in providing ED/hospital care for patients experiencing elder mistreatment and approaches to address them Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-12 Elizabeth M. Bloemen, Elaine Gottesman, Kristin Furfari, Jackie Glover, Ezra Gabbay, Sarah Cox, Daniel Lindberg, Sarah Tietz, Tony Rosen, Daniel Baek, Alyssa Elman, Barrie Huberman
Clinicians in the emergency department and hospital who treat patients experiencing elder mistreatment (EM) can expect to encounter challenging ethical dilemmas. Collaboration with ethics and EM co...
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Protecting older consumers in the digital age: a commentary on ChatGPT, helplines and the way to prevent accessible fraud Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-05 Michal Segal
Older people are often targeted by fraudsters due to their unique characteristics and vulnerabilities. Being a victim of exploitation can lead to negative emotional and financial consequences. The ...
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Developing a model for providing feedback to reporters of elder abuse Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-03 Kristin Lees Haggerty, Olanike Ojelabi, Randi Campetti, Athi Myint-U, Kathy Greenlee
Lack of feedback about reports made to Adult Protective Services (APS) is an important barrier to elder mistreatment reporting. To better understand barriers and facilitators to APS-reporter commun...
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Elder mistreatment and psychological resilience: the moderating role of social support Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Yiqing Yang, Sonia Salari
This study examines the possible consequence of elder mistreatment on resilience and whether social support moderates this posited association, using a rural sample of 432 community-dwelling older ...
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Outcomes of elder abuse and neglect in Central Europe: exploring the link between EAN and well-being among non-institutionalized older adults Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-08 Barbora Hubatková, Lucie Vidovićová
Informed by existing gaps in the research of elder abuse and neglect (EAN) outcomes and very limited knowledge from Central-European cultural contexts, this paper analyzes the link between domestic...
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Death anxiety and older adults’ vulnerability to fraud: the mediating role of materialism Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-05 Zhihu Chen, Jing Wen, Chun Gou, Shuo Wang, Jingjin Shao
Death anxiety arousal, provoked by anticipating self-nonexistence, may be used as a fraud tactic by scammers on older adults; however, little is known about how it affects older adults’ decision ma...
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Elder abuse geriatrics: describing an important new medical specialist Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Elizabeth M. Bloemen, Sarah Tietz, Daniel M. Lindberg, Jason Hayes, Hillary Lum, Elaine Gottesman, Alyssa Elman, Michelle Sullivan, Chloe Pino, Jennine McAuley, Amy Shaw, David Hancock, E-Shien Chang, Robin Yasui, Veronica M. LoFaso, Michael E. Stern, Tony Rosen
Elder mistreatment, including elder abuse and neglect, is a difficult diagnosis to make and manage for most providers. To address this, two elder abuse consultation teams were developed for patient...
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Prostitution in the shadow of life-long sexual abuse: Arab women’s retrospective experiences Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Nora Gnaim-Mwassi, Hila Avieli, Tova Band-Winterstein
The present study uses the life-course and intersectionality perspectives to explore the meaning that aging Arab women attribute to their lived experiences of life-long sexual abuse in the shadow o...
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Introduction: exploring older women’s perspectives on lifetime abuse Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Tova Band Winterstein, Zvi Eisikovits, Patricia Brownell, Abby King
Published in Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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From a humble identity to an identity of respect: lifetime abuse among Arab Israeli older women Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Rahma Mahamid, Tova Band-Winterstein
This study addresses the retrospective experiences of older Arab Israeli women after a lifetime of living in the shadow of intimate partner violence. Qualitative research was conducted, using in-de...
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Older mothers and their difficult adult children: a life course exploration Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-09 Judith R. Smith
Adult child to parent violence is a growing international social problem that needs to be better understood to develop clinical interventions. An exploratory study on the antecedents of early life ...
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ED/hospital program contributions to community multi-disciplinary team meetings: Different models Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 E-Shien Chang, Elizabeth M. Bloemen, Sarah Tietz, Daniel Lindberg, Alyssa Elman, Elaine Gottesman, Daniel Baek, David Hancock, Veronica M. LoFaso, Jennine McAuley, Michelle Sullivan, Chloe Pino, Lisa Rachmuth, Tony Rosen
Elder mistreatment (EM) is a complex problem, with response and prevention requiring contributions from professionals from many disciplines. Community-based multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs) that con...
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Fraud victimization across the lifespan: evidence on repeat victimization using perpetrator data Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Marguerite DeLiema, Lynn Langton, Daniel Brannock, Edward Preble
Older adults are thought to be more susceptible to scams, yet understanding the relationship between chronological age and victimization is limited by underreporting. This study avoids underreporti...
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Is lifetime abuse forgivable in old age? Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Tova Band-Winterstein, Ksenya Shulyaev, Zvi Eisikovits
Old age is characterized by reflection and a retrospective examination of the multiple meanings of various life experiences, including lifelong abuse. Forgiveness is found to have a salutary effect...
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Determining patterns and types of violence against the elderly in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Majid Aleissa, Raghib Abusaris, Meshal Alaqeel, Raneem Mylani, Hashim H. Balubaid, Zainab Alnjeidi, Norah Alhowaish, Tala ALmanea
Reports indicate an increase in the incidence of violence against the elderly in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). This study aimed to determine the types and risk factors of elder abuse in KSA. A...
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A collaboration between adult protective services and forensic accounting examiners to investigate complex financial exploitation: formative evaluation findings Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Jason Burnett, Sophia Wasik, Doug Cash, Jason Olson, Angela Medina, Danielle Pena, Julia A. Hiner, M. Brad Cannell
Financial exploitation (FE) is one of the most common reports to Adult Protective Services (APS) and the cases are often complex. Consequently, APS caseworkers report FE investigations to be among ...
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Financial decision-making deficits in scam cases: how frequent are they? Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Peter A. Lichtenberg, Maggie Tocco, Latoya N. Hall
Due to the rise in scams perpetrated against older adults, Adult Protective Service workers are more frequently involved in investigating these matters. One significant aspect of scam involvement i...
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Elder mistreatment experiences, perceptions, and help-seeking behaviors of Asian American older adults Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Ga-Young Choi, Eun Koh, Eun Jeong Lee, Siyon Rhee
This study examined the experiences and the perceptions of elder mistreatment (EM), as well as help-seeking knowledge and behaviors, particularly about Adult Protective Services (APS), among commun...
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Iowa family physician’s reporting of elder abuse: 20-year follow-up Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-24 Gerald J. Jogerst, Yinghui Xu, Jack D. Ohringer, Jeanette M. Daly
The purpose of this project was to assess changes over 20 years, between family physicians perceived magnitude of elder mistreatment, physician knowledge of state laws, barriers to reporting suspec...
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Managing reports of trouble: designated officials’ responses to reports of mistreatments initiated by service users and relatives Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Karin Berg, Inger Kjellberg
Mandatory reporting of elder abuse aims to detect and prevent mistreatment and improve services. Service users and their relatives can raise concerns, but only staff can file mandatory reports. Thi...
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Prevalence estimates and factors associated with violence among older adults: National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence (NISVS) Survey, 2016/2017 Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Hui Zhang Kudon, Jeffrey H. Herbst, LaTonia C. Richardson, Sharon G. Smith, Zewditu Demissie, Carlos Siordia
Abuse of older adults is a public health problem. The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) is a nationally-representative, telephone survey for non-institutionalized adults ...
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Elder abuse experienced by older Mexican women with disabilities: a current and retrospective view on domestic violence Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Liliana Giraldo-Rodríguez, Marcela Agudelo-Botero
The objectives of this study were: 1) to estimate the prevalence of child abuse (CA), intimate partner violence (IPV), and elder abuse (EA) in a representative sample of older Mexican women by stat...
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Strategies for dissemination of ED/hospital elder mistreatment response team model Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Elizabeth Bloemen, Alyssa Elman, Daniel Baek, Elaine Gottesman, Amy Shaw, Michelle Sullivan, Chloe Pino, Jennine McAuley, Sarah Tietz, Seth Herman, Lisa Rachmuth, E-Shien Chang, David Hancock, Veronica M. LoFaso, Michael E. Stern, Dan Lindberg, Sunday Clark, Tony Rosen
Interdisciplinary Emergency Department/hospital-based teams represent a promising care model to improve identification of and intervention for elder mistreatment. Two institutions, Weill Cornell Me...
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Practices countering resident-to-resident aggression and promoting wellness care for older adults in congregate residential facilities: results from a systematic review Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-10 Marie-Chantal Falardeau, Marie Beaulieu, Hélène Carbonneau, Mélanie Levasseur
Resident-to-resident aggression (RRA) is an important issue in congregate residential facilities (CRFs) for older adults and has devastating effects. This study aimed to provide an inventory and co...
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What goes wrong with the perceptions of elder financial abuse? Data from older adults, healthcare professionals and students from Greece Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-10 Vaitsa Giannouli, Magda Tsolaki
This study examines what healthcare professionals, students and older adults believe about elder financial abuse in Greece. Participants responded to two vignettes by choosing which characteristics...
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Responding restoratively to elder harm: lessons from a pilot scheme in Aotearoa New Zealand Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-10 Andrea Păroşanu, Chris Marshall
The search for adequate ways to address elder harm and abuse has become increasingly evident in public discourse. There is a growing consensus that integrated, multi-disciplinary approaches are nee...
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Novel methods for assessment of vulnerability to financial exploitation (FE) Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-10 Scott R. Beach, Sara J. Czaja, Richard Schulz
Financial exploitation (FE) is a complex problem influenced by many factors. This article introduces two novel methods for assessment of FE vulnerability: (1) performance-based measures of financia...
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The critical role of the specialized social worker as part of ED/hospital-based elder mistreatment response teams Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-10 Alyssa Elman, Sarah Cox, Elaine Gottesman, Seth Herman, Avery Kirshner, Sarah Tietz, Amy Shaw, David Hancock, E-Shien Chang, Daniel Baek, Elizabeth Bloemen, Sunday Clark, Tony Rosen
The emergency department and hospital provide a unique and important opportunity to identify elder mistreatment and offer intervention. To help manage these complex cases, multi-disciplinary respon...
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Reducing older people’s risk of fraud victimization through an anti-scam board game Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Edwin Ka Hung Chung, Dannii Yuen-lan Yeung
ABSTRACT This study adopted an experimental design to evaluate the effectiveness of an anti-scam education program for older adults. Participants in the experimental group (n = 55) first participated in an anti-scam board game and then joined another board game featuring local tea restaurants two weeks later, whereas such order was reversed for the control group (n = 54). Compared with the control
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Does social participation make Thai psychologically abused elders happier? a stress-buffering effect hypothesis Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-19 Yot Amornkitvikai, Vipan Prachuabmoh, Martin O’Brien
ABSTRACT This study investigates the influence of psychological elder abuse on life satisfaction levels in Thailand. This study also analyses the stress-buffering effect of social participation on the life satisfaction levels of Thai mentally abused elderly. Elder abuse has been proven to dramatically reduce Thai elders’ levels of life satisfaction as their function in society shrinks owing to ageism
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Correction Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-15
Published in Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (Vol. 35, No. 1, 2023)
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(Re)proposing problem-oriented policing as a framework for identifying new and enhanced ways to prevent the abuse of at-risk adults Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-02 Emily Moir, Joseph Clare
ABSTRACT It is recognized worldwide that evidence on what effectively prevents abuse of at-risk adults (including older people) is lacking. The purpose of this paper is to make an explicit, contemporary proposal as to why front-line workers and policy-makers interested in preventing the abuse of at-risk adults should adopt an opportunity-focused, problem-oriented policing framework from criminology
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Why comply? Risk and efficacy perceptions drive compliance in mass marketing scams Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Stacey Wood, David Hengerer, Yaniv Hanoch, Pi-Ju Liu, Patricia Xi, Joshua Paul, Lukas Klapatch
ABSTRACT Using a mix-method design, we examined participants’ willingness to respond to mass marketing scams (MMS). In Experiment 1, we examined the effect of age (young versus older) and letter style (“hot” versus “cold”) on the intention to respond. The intention of responding was negatively associated with risk (p < .001) and having at least a high school education was positively associated with
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Technology-facilitated abuse among Americans age 50 and older: a latent class analysis Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-04-02 Alycia Bayne, Elizabeth A. Mumford, Caroline Lancaster, Jackie Sheridan-Johnson
ABSTRACT Technology-facilitated abuse (TFA) is of growing concern and is a form of elder abuse. There is limited TFA research in general population samples in the U.S. among older adults. Researchers conducted a survey of behavior-based forms of TFA experiences in a nationally representative sample of n = 1,011 U.S. adults ages 50 and older. Within this sample, 63.8% of respondents reported some experience
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Cross-cultural adaptation of the EAST and CASE screening tools for elder abuse in South Africa Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-02-03 Roxanne Jacobs, Nicolas Farina, Marguerite Schneider
ABSTRACT Elder abuse is globally considered a hidden problem with great variations in its conceptualization across cultures, non-uniformity in understanding, and manifestations of abuse and neglect. Currently, there are no validated or culturally adapted screening measures for elder abuse in South Africa. The aim of this study was to test the cultural appropriateness of the Elder Abuse Screening Tool
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Psychological elder abuse among older Saudi adults: A cross-sectional study Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2023-01-03 Eman Alhalal, Zainab Alkhair, Fatimah Alghazal, Rehab Halabi, Fatema Muhaimeed
ABSTRACT The research examining elder abuse in diverse cultural contexts, such as in Saudi Arabia, remains limited. This study examined the extent of psychological elder abuse among older Saudi adults and investigated the characteristics of the victims that increase the risk of such abuse and its impact on older adults’ self-rated health. Between December 2021 and April 2022, a sample of 444 older
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“Falling through the cracks.” A case analysis of financial elder abuse and neglect using coronial evidence Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2022-12-07 Suanne Lawrence, Terese Henning, Susan Banks, Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron
ABSTRACT The Preventing Elder Abuse Tasmania (PEAT) research group was asked by the State Coroner to review and report on findings from the inquest into the death of a 77-year-old woman (MM) which forms the basis of this analysis. MM died of hypothermia while sleeping in a converted shipping container at her daughter and son-in-law’s southern Tasmanian property. Five years later this couple were convicted
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A qualitative evaluation of the “RISE” elder abuse intervention from the perspective of adult protective services caseworkers: addressing a service system gap Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2022-10-31 David Burnes, Andie MacNeil, Marie-Therese Connolly, Erin Salvo, Patricia F. Kimball, Geoff Rogers, Stuart Lewis
ABSTRACT Our understanding of effective elder abuse (EA) response interventions is limited. Adult Protective Services (APS), the primary agency responsible for responding to EA, lacks a coherent, conceptually driven, prolonged intervention phase. Informed by an ecological-systems perspective and adapting evidence-based modalities from other fields, the RISE EA intervention addresses this APS systems
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Abuse and risk factors among community-dwelling elderly in South Korea during COVID-19 Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2022-08-23 Yoon Hee Son, Myong Sun Cho
ABSTRACT Elder abuse is a serious social problem in South Korea. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and identify risk factors of elder abuse during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. By using the 2020 Living Profiles of Older People Survey in Seoul Metropolitan City and considering sociodemographic, health-related, social support, and isolation factors as independent variables
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A community engaged exploratory study investigating the risk of elder abuse and neglect in two refugee communities in Greensboro, North Carolina Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2022-08-23 Sudha Shreeniwas, Narayan Khadka
ABSTRACT Elder abuse and neglect (EAN) are serious health and human rights issues. Less is known about EAN in refugee communities. University researchers and leaders of a refugee services nonprofit partnered to conduct an exploratory community engaged study on EAN risks in two refugee communities in North Carolina. A convenience sample of 17 Nepali-speaking Bhutanese and 13 Congolese self-identified
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The association between subjective age and financial exploitation vulnerability among older adults: The moderating role of social support Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2022-08-03 Gali Weissberger, Yoav S. Bergman
ABSTRACT Financial exploitation of older adults bears detrimental physical and psychological consequences. However, risk factors of financial exploitation vulnerability (FEV) remain elusive. In line with a growing awareness of the importance of subjective perceptions of the aging process for older adults’ functioning and well-being, this study examined the connection between subjective age (feeling
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When co-design works (sort of): the case of the Australian elder abuse screening instrument Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2022-07-11 Bianca Brijnath, Luke Gahan, Briony Dow, Lyndal Hickey, Lisa Braddy, Melinda Collins, Josefine Antoniades
ABSTRACT Applying co-design methodologies is increasingly recommended for engaging diverse end-users and bridging evidence-practice gaps. Yet, one of the ongoing challenges for research using co-design is the lack of evidence as to whether co-design leads to better outcomes than not using co-design. In this article, we outline how, despite adhering to a time and resource intensive co-design process
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Measuring the diverse characteristics of county adult protective services programs Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2022-06-22 Kenneth J. Steinman, Georgia J. Anetzberger
ABSTRACT Adult protective services (APS) programs vary markedly, yet few studies have quantified this diversity. In 2020, a survey of Ohio’s 85 county-administered APS programs incorporated subsequent feedback from staff and described the programs in a systematic manner. This process resulted in a 100% response rate and illustrated an efficient approach to measuring organizational characteristics (e
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Difficult: mothering challenging adult children through conflict and change Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2022-06-27 Georgia J. Anetzberger
Published in Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (Vol. 34, No. 4, 2022)
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Perceived social support and help-seeking among U.S. Chinese older adults who reported elder mistreatment Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2022-06-15 Ying-Yu Chao, Dexia Kong, Jin Young Seo, Peijia Zha, XinQi Dong
ABSTRACT This study aimed to examine the associations between perceived social support and help-seeking among U.S. Chinese older adults who reported elder mistreatment (EM). Data were from the Population Study of Chinese Elderly in Chicago. Perceived social support and informal/formal help-seeking intentions and behaviors were measured. Descriptive statistics, multiple linear regressions, and multinomial
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Ageism against older patients in nursing: conceptual differentiations and the role of moral sensitivity Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2022-06-09 Laura Arhiri, Mihaela-Alexandra Gherman, Andrei Corneliu Holman
ABSTRACT Ageism in nursing is difficult to identify, prevent and combat. Using a mixed-method approach in two exploratory cross-sectional studies (N = 512), we brought support for a proposed conceptual difference between ageism toward older adults and ageism toward older patients which may facilitate the identification of ageism in healthcare settings. We also investigated whether nurses’ moral sensitivity
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Psychological mistreatment by married children in Korea: using the contextual theory to explain mistreatment of aging parents and parents-in-law Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2022-05-24 Mi Jin Lee, Jeong-Hee Ryu, Juyeon Lee
ABSTRACT Guided by the contextual theory of elder mistreatment, this study examined the psychological mistreatment (PM) of aging parents and parents-in-law by their married children and compared the risk factors of PM. We used nationally representative data on the adverse experiences of Korean adults in 2017 (n=2,974). Results showed similarities and differences in the PM of aging parents and parents-in-law
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Financial fragility and scam susceptibility in community dwelling older adults Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2022-04-28 Lei Yu, Gary Mottola, Lisa L. Barnes, Olivia Valdes, Robert S. Wilson, David A. Bennett, Patricia A. Boyle
ABSTRACT We tested the hypothesis that financial fragility is associated with higher scam susceptibility in older adults without dementia. Data came from nearly 900 community-dwelling participants from two ongoing cohort studies of aging. Financial fragility was determined by assessing an individual’s ability to access $2,000 within a month for an unexpected expense. Scam susceptibility was assessed
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Emergency assistance in situations of abuse, neglect, and self-neglect: exploring the complexity and challenges Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2022-04-26 So Han Yip, Deborah O’Connor, Farimah Shakeri Shemirani, Amanda Brown, Jenny Hyman
ABSTRACT Health and social care professionals are often called upon to provide emergency intervention without the adult’s consent in situations of abuse, neglect, and self-neglect. Little is known about this process despite implications related to health care costs and individual rights. In this qualitative study, 17 health care professionals with experience enacting emergency legislation in BC were
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Abuse among Portuguese older people at a time of economic crisis recovery: findings from the Harmed study Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2022-02-08 I Dias, A Henriques, A Lopes, R Lemos, H Barros, S Fraga
ABSTRACT This study aimed to assess the prevalence of abuse against Portuguese older people after an economic crisis and to assess how it has influenced health. A cross-sectional study was carried out including 677 older adults (≥60 years) during 2017. Results show that overall, 23.9% of older people reported being a victim of abuse in the last 12 months. The prevalence of psychological abuse was 19
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Factors associated with health care providers speaking with older patients about being subjected to abuse Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2021-12-12 Atbin Motamedi, Mikael Ludvigsson, Johanna Simmons
ABSTRACT Health care providers have difficulties responding to elder abuse. This study aimed to investigate factors associated with health care providers speaking with older patients about being subjected to abuse, and what facilitating measures staff preferred to help them achieve this. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted among hospital health care providers (n = 154) in Sweden. Half
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Barriers to managing elder abuse in primary care services: experiences of healthcare providers in Mexico City Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2021-12-16 Liliana Giraldo-Rodríguez, Marcela Agudelo-Botero
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to analyze the barriers to managing elder abuse from the perspective of primary care health workers in Mexico City. We performed an ethnographic qualitative-descriptive study. Thirty semi-structured interviews were conducted with healthcare providers associated with three health centers located in areas with medium and high levels of poverty. A phenomenological
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Reliability and validity of the polish version of the vulnerability to Abuse Screening Scale (VASS) Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2022-01-09 Karolina Filipska, Monika Biercewicz, Adam Wiśniewski, Kornelia Kędziora-Kornatowska, Robert Ślusarz
ABSTRACT Our aim was to assess the psychometric properties and reliability of a Polish version of the VASS. This cross-sectional validation study involved 228 patients above 65 years of age. Authors-Designed Questionnaire, the Geriatric Depression Scale, and the Activities of Daily Living Scale were used to assess construct validity. Psychometric properties, reliability and repeatability were assessed
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Invisible and at-risk: older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2021-12-16 Susan M. Benbow, Sarmishtha Bhattacharyya, Paul Kingston, Carmelle Peisah
ABSTRACT During the COVID-19 pandemic the risks to older adults of systemic abuse and neglect have become amplified, alongside increasing abuse and neglect in the community. Novel risks have also evolved involving cybercrime and the use of remote technologies in health and social care related to the pandemic. This commentary brings together lessons to be learned from these developments and initial
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Using administrative data from adult protective services: opportunities and considerations Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect (IF 1.6) Pub Date : 2022-01-16 Kenneth J. Steinman, Pi-Ju Liu, Georgia Anetzberger, Alyssa Pettey Rockwood, Andreas Teferra, Farida Kassim Ejaz
ABSTRACT As federal agencies support the development of data systems for adult protective services (APS), researchers and practitioners are increasingly using administrative data to study types of adult maltreatment, including self-neglect, and the systems that respond to them. To date, however, APS has worked with little guidance about how best to use these data. This situation has contributed to