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| National profiling of elder abuse referrals | | Author(s) | Marguerite Clancy, Bridget McDaid, Desmond O'Neill, James G O'Brien |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 40, no 3, May 2011 |
| Pages | pp 346-352 |
| Source | http://ageing.oxfordjournals.org/ http://www.bgs.org.uk/ |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Referrals ; Ireland. |
| Annotation | The study, from Ireland, aimed to report the rate of referrals of elder abuse, patterns of elder abuse and outcomes of interventions related to a dedicated elder abuse service without mandatory reporting. Of 1,889 abuse referrals, 381 related to self-neglect. Of the remaining 1,508, 67% were women. In 40% of cases, there was more than one form of alleged abuse. Over 80% of cases referred related to people living at home. At review 86% of cases were closed. In a smaller number of cases the client had either died or declined an intervention. Concludes that the number of reported cases of abuse in Ireland indicates an under-reporting of elder abuse. The classification of almost half of the cases as inconclusive is a stimulus to further analysis and research, as well as for revision of classification and follow-up procedures. The provision of services to a wide range of referrals demonstrated a therapeutic added benefit of specialist elder abuse services. The national database on elder abuse referrals provides valuable insight into patterns of elder abuse and the nature of classification and response. The pooling of such data between European states would allow for helpful comparison in building research and services in elder abuse. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110621006 A |
| Classmark | QNT: L5R: 763 |
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