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| Prevalence of elder mistreatment as reported by social workers in a probability sample of adult day health care clients | | Author(s) | Terry Fulmer, Mildred Ramirez, Susan Fairchild |
| Journal title | Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, vol 11, no 3, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 25-36 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Day services ; Social workers ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | There are growing numbers of Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) programs providing needed health services to community-dwelling older people. ADHC staff are in an opportune position to identify and to intervene in suspected elder mistreatment (EM) cases. Prevalence estimates of EM are reported for a sample of ADHC clients in New York State, using data provided during a social work informant interview. The abuse "signs and symptoms" items from the schedule were divided into two categories: physical indicators, and client's behavioural indicators. Physical indicators included unexplained bruises and welts, unexplained burns, unexplained lacerations or abrasions, human bite marks and frequent injuries that are "accidental" or "unexplained". Client's behavioural indicators included apprehension, being frightened, and afraid to go home. EM prevalence for all 8 items was 12.3%. When "apprehensive" was excluded, the EM prevalence was 3.6% in this sample. These findings suggest that ADHC provides a point of contact for the assessment and intervention of EM that might otherwise be overlooked among elders who are often isolated or homebound. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000608203 A |
| Classmark | QNT: NM: QR: 7T |
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