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| Progress in elder abuse screening and assessment instruments | | Author(s) | Terry Fulmer, Lisa Guadagno, Carmel Bitondo Dyer |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 52, no 2, February 2004 |
| Pages | pp 297-304 |
| Source | http://www.americangeriatrics.org http://www.blackwellpublishing.com |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Neglect [care] ; Screening ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | Responsibility for identifying elder abuse often falls to the healthcare professional, for whom many different screening and assessment instruments have been developed to help in determining such abuse. This article reviews progress, by discussing the value and limitation of these instruments with regard to their use in different clinical and healthcare settings. The settings in which the screening and assessment are conducted are also considered. The authors conclude that there is much to be done in terms of achieving consensus on what constitutes an appropriate screen or assessment instrument for detecting elder abuse. Effort must be focused on instruments that can be used for brief, rapid screenings and those that can be used for more detailed diagnostic assessments. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040603207 A |
| Classmark | QNT: QNR: 3V: 4C |
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