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| Recognition of elder abuse by home care workers and older people in Romania | | Author(s) | Ioana Caciula, Gill Livingston, Rodica Caciula |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 22, no 3, May 2010 |
| Pages | pp 403-408 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/ipg doi:10.1017/S104161020999161X |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Attitude ; Diagnosis ; Care support workers ; Domiciliary services ; Social surveys ; Romania. |
| Annotation | No previous studies have considered elder abuse in Eastern Europe. The authors aimed to determine the proportion of home care workers and older people receiving care in a Romanian home care service who correctly identified elder abuse in a vignette, and who had detected elder abuse at work. In 2009, care workers and clients of a non-government home care organization serving four areas in Romania completed the Caregiver Scenario Questionnaire to measure ability to identify abuse. Professionals were asked whether they had detected a case of abuse. Results found 35 (100%) professionals and 79 (65.8%) older people took part. Four (11.4%) professionals had encountered a case of elder abuse, two (5.7%) in the last year. No staff and only one older person correctly identified all four abusive strategies in a vignette. Staff with more professional caregiving experience recognized fewer abusive strategies (r = -0.46, p = 0.007). Rates of identification were worryingly low among all professionals, and this was more marked if they had worked longer, suggesting their experiences may have reduced their ability to detect it. Mandatory abuse training for care professionals, and strategies to support reporters of suspected abuse, could help improve the management of elder abuse in all countries. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100909216 A |
| Classmark | QNT: DP: LK7: QRS: N: 3F: 7AR |
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