Prevalence estimates and factors associated with violence among older adults: National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence (NISVS) Survey, 2016/2017
J Elder Abuse Negl. 2023 Dec 21:1-17. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2023.2297227. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTAbuse 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 in the United States. To determine the prevalence and factors of intimate partner psychological aggression and physical violence and sexual violence by any perpetrator against older adults, we analyzed NISVS 2016/2017 data (n = 10,171, aged ≥ 60 years). Past 12-month prevalence of psychological aggression, physical violence, ...
Source: Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect - December 22, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Hui Zhang Kudon Jeffrey H Herbst LaTonia C Richardson Sharon G Smith Zewditu Demissie Carlos Siordia Source Type: research
Elder abuse experienced by older Mexican women with disabilities: a current and retrospective view on domestic violence
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 status, type, and cause of disability; and 2) to examine the associations of EA with CA, IPV, and disability status. We conducted a secondary data analysis of 21,718 women aged 60 years and older. Older women with disabilities had higher prevalences of CA, IPV, and EA than those with some difficulties or without disabilities. In older women whose disability was acquired at birth or due to aggression, this prevalence was especially hi...
Source: Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect - December 21, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Liliana Giraldo-Rodr íguez Marcela Agudelo-Botero Source Type: research
Managing reports of trouble: designated officials' responses to reports of mistreatments initiated by service users and relatives
This article examines how the concerns of service users and relatives were managed by designated officials in reports of mistreatments in care for older adults in Sweden. We lean on sociological theories of "interpersonal trouble" and organizational "disputes domains." The thematic analysis is based on 28 incident reports initiated by service users or their relatives. The analysis shows that the reports were managed in one of three ways: asymmetrically, by 1) dismissing or 2) supporting the complainant's position, or symmetrically, by 3) treating complainants' accounts as credible but minimizing their seriousness. There we...
Source: Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect - December 21, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Karin Berg Inger Kjellberg Source Type: research
Strategies for dissemination of ED/hospital elder mistreatment response team model
J Elder Abuse Negl. 2023 Dec 20:1-17. doi: 10.1080/08946566.2023.2297232. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTInterdisciplinary Emergency Department/hospital-based teams represent a promising care model to improve identification of and intervention for elder mistreatment. Two institutions, Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have launched such programs and are exploring multiple strategies for effective dissemination. These strategies include: (1) program evaluation research, (2) framing as a new model of geriatric care, (3) understanding the existing incent...
Source: Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect - December 20, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: 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 Source Type: research
Practices countering resident-to-resident aggression and promoting wellness care for older adults in congregate residential facilities: results from a systematic review
This study aimed to provide an inventory and content analysis of the practices used to counter RRA and promote wellness care for older adults in CRFs. Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, original, peer-reviewed research and systematic reviews published in 14 electronic databases and two gray literature sources were examined. Of the 6196 articles identified, 28 met the inclusion criteria. Practices aimed to prevent, track or intervene in RRA, mostly in long-term care centers, but few were evidence-based and ready for widespread implementation. It emerges that continuo...
Source: Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect - December 11, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Marie-Chantal Falardeau Marie Beaulieu H élène Carbonneau M élanie Levasseur Source Type: research
