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| Reporting possible elder abuse and adult protective services responses: impact of county socioeconomic status | | Author(s) | Dorrie E Rosenblatt, Paul W Durance |
| Journal title | Journal of Mental Health and Aging, vol 3, no 3, Winter 1997 |
| Pages | pp 277-293 |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Services ; Grant allocation ; Costs [care] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In the United States (US), estimates are that two million older people are victims of elder abuse every year. The aim of this study was to assess the adequacy of state resources for responding to reports of possible elder mistreatment in Michigan. Department of Social Service (DSS) records from 1989-1993 were examined to characterise the effect of county size and socioeconomic status on reporting of possible abuse, DSS substantiation of cases, and services offered to victims. Findings revealed that statewide reporting rates were close to the national average, but at the county level reporting was highest in small counties, as was the percentage of cases substantiated. Harm type varied across county types. The DSS provided no services to 29.7% of victims; 38.8% received one resource; 31.3% received two or more. Victims were most likely to receive services in affluent counties. The authors argue for funding to be provided at the state level for prevention and management of mistreatment of older people. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980706401 A |
| Classmark | QNT: I: QCG: QDC: 7T |
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