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Appendix A: Elder Mistreatment Measures and Studies
Appendix A: Elder Mistreatment Measures and Studies
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APPENDIX A Elder Mistreatment Measures and Studies 165
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15-item assessment screen for detecting suspected elder abuse and neglect. Discriminant function analysis: 9 items identified 94% of cases.
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Adult Protective Intake forms used to No specific format. No psychometrics Service Reports document calls of available.
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Data support relativistic nature of elder abuse. Coyne et al.
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prevalence 3.6%. Sample: 9 sites drawn Social workers noted through random sampling concern regarding elders who appeared frightened in the presence of their home caregiver.
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of database study cohort members received Method: Case matching ombudsman investigation. with adult protective Risk factors for elder services database mistreatment investigation Sample: 329 elders using logistic regression investigated in 1985 and included requiring assistance 1986 with feeding OR 3.5, being Analysis: Relative risk a minority elder OR 2.3, calculations over age 75 at cohort inception OR 1.9, and poor social networks OR 1.7.
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. with adult protective Age, race, poverty, services database functional disability, and Sample: 184 cohort cognitive impairment were members identified as risk factors for Analysis: Pooled logistic reported elder mistreatment, regression with ORs reported.
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(2000) National Center on Elder Abuse at the American Public Human Services Association [formerly American Public Welfare Association]
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Department of Protective The incidence of being and Regulatory Services, reported to adult protective Adult Protective Services services increased sharply Sample: 62,258 allegations after age 65. Of elder mistreatment in 1997 Phillips and Rempusheski (1985)
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Design: Descriptive Method: Case control Sample: 46 abuse or neglect victims and 215 random controls Factors associated with elder mistreatment included abuser factors of deviance, dependence on victim, and life stress. Victim factors included court help, disability, dependence on abuser, and conflictual relationship (spouse only)
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40% of respondents reported committing psychological abuse. Characteristics predictive of violent feelings in caregivers included physical aggression by elder, disruptive behaviors, and a shared ..
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six abuse investigators and 15 nursing home staff Wolf (1986) Wolf and Pillemer (1997)
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. agency service rating scores, lower community agency relationship score.
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Teresi 1999 Prevalence of elder mistreatment as reported by social workers in a probability sample of adult day health care clients. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect 1 1(3)
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Hurst, and R.I. Horwitz 1997a Risk factors for reported elder abuse and neglect: A nine-year observational cohort study.
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Wolf, R.S., and D Li 1999 Factors affecting the rate of elder abuse reporting to a state protective services program.
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