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| Using clinical signs of neglect to identify elder neglect cases | | Author(s) | Lee S Friedman, Susan Avila, Elaine Liu |
| Journal title | Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, vol 29, no 4, August-October 2017 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, August-October 2017 |
| Pages | pp 270-287 |
| Source | http://tandf.com |
| Keywords | Neglect [care] ; Elder abuse ; Admission [hospitals] ; Diagnosis ; Screening ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Elder neglect is the one of the most pervasive forms of mistreatment, and often the only place outside of the individual's residence to identify and assist neglected individuals is in a medical setting. However, elder neglect cases treated in hospitals do not present with a single diagnosis or clinical sign, but rather involve a complex constellation of clinical signs. Currently, there is a lack of comprehensive guidelines on which clinical signs to use in screening tools for neglect among patients treated in hospitals. Using the DELPHI method, a group of experts developed and tested a scale to be used as a pre-screener that conceptually could be integrated into electronic health record systems, so that it could identify potential neglect cases in an automated manner. By applying the scale as a pre-screener for neglect, the tool would reduce the pool of at-risk patients who would benefit from in-depth screening for elder neglect by 95%. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-171020203 A |
| Classmark | QNR: QNT: LD:QKH: LK7: 3V: 4C: 7T |
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