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| A systematic review on community-based interventions for elder abuse and neglect | | Author(s) | Gwendolyn Fearing, Christine L Sheppard, Lynn McDonald |
| Journal title | Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, vol 29, nos 2-3, March-July 2017 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, March-July 2017 |
| Pages | pp 102-133 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Neglect [care] ; Community work ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Elder abuse and neglect is a societal issue that requires prevention and intervention strategies at the practice and policy level. A systematic review on the efficacy of community-based elder abuse interventions was undertaken to advance the state of knowledge in the field. A search for peer-reviewed literature between 2009 and 2015 was carried out across four databases. Two raters independently reviewed all articles, assessed their methodological quality, and used a modified Sackett Scale to assign levels of evidence. 4,905 articles were identified, nine of which were selected for inclusion. Although there was Level-1 evidence for psychological interventions, only one study on strategies for relatives (START) led to a reported decrease in elder abuse. There was Level-4 evidence for conservatorship, an elder abuse intervention/prevention program (ECARE), and a multidisciplinary intervention, in which one study yielded significant decreases in elder abuse and/or neglect. The remaining three were classified as Level-5 evidence for elder mediation and multidisciplinary interventions. There are limited studies with high levels of evidence for interventions that decrease elder abuse and neglect. The scarcity of community-based interventions for older adults and caregivers highlights the need for further work to elevate the quality of studies. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170630230 A |
| Classmark | QNT: QNR: IGC: 64A |
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