Disclosure among victims of elder abuse in healthcare settings: a missing piece in the overall effort toward detection.

Disclosure among victims of elder abuse in healthcare settings: a missing piece in the overall effort toward detection. J Elder Abuse Negl. 2019 Mar 16;:1-10 Authors: Truong C, Burnes D, Alaggia R, Elman A, Rosen T Abstract Elder abuse remains a largely hidden problem in our society and only a small minority of victims are connected to formal support/protective services. Healthcare settings have been identified as a critical milieu to uncover cases of elder abuse; however, under-detection in these settings is a major issue. Victimization disclosure is an important component within the overall detection effort, yet it has received little attention in the elder abuse literature. Drawing on relevant literature from other domains of family/interpersonal violence, this article highlights the disclosure process, as well as disclosure barriers, facilitators, and competencies to consider when working with older adults. PMID: 30880608 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect - Category: Geriatrics Tags: J Elder Abuse Negl Source Type: research
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