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| Development of a screening tool for identifying elderly people at risk of abuse by their caregivers | | Author(s) | Miri Cohen, Sarah Halevi-Levin, Roni Gagin |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 18, no 5, October 2006 |
| Pages | pp 660-685 |
| Source | http://www.sagepublications.com |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Family care ; Evaluation ; Israel. |
| Annotation | This study developed and assessed an instrument to identify older people at high risk of abuse based on Reis and Nahmiash's Indicators of Abuse (IOA) screen. 108 people aged 65+, admitted to two major hospitals in Israel were screened together with their principal caregivers. The interviews were based on the expanded IOA(E-IOA) and a list of evident signs of abuse. Reliability and validity of the E-IOA were tested and confirmed. Indicators proved to be a significant predictor of evident signs of abuse. The E-IOA correctly discerned 92.7% of those at high risk for abuse and 97.9% of those who did not suffer abuse. The main indicators for risk were behavioural problems, emotional problems, and family problems of the caregiver and the older person. 14 (13%) experienced abuse. The proposed assessment tool can be an instrumental guide to identify older people who suffer abuse (unidentified) or who are at high risk. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070115209 A |
| Classmark | QNT: P6:SJ: 4C: 7H6 |
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