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Autor:
Lynn A. Addington
Publikováno v:
Innovation in Aging
Americans are able to age in more active and engaged ways than previous generations. These changes bring many positive opportunities, but also might affect the risk of criminal victimization for older adults. In considering these risks, an initial qu
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Innovation in Aging
As the incidence of elder abuse and neglect continue to rise and plague our country’s older adults, it is imperative that their plight is recognized, reported and elicits an appropriate response. At least 1 out of 10 older adults suffer from at lea
Autor:
Carolyn Ham, Cory Bolkan
Publikováno v:
Innovation in Aging
Elder abuse is a growing problem with significant public health implications. Because elder abuse shares root causes with other types of violence (e.g., suicidal behavior, intimate partner violence), awareness of elder abuse as a violence prevention
Publikováno v:
Innovation in Aging
Elder abuse is a complex, multifaceted problem that can devastate the lives of older adults, and overwhelm medical, legal, and social service providers. To address this problem, the Elder Abuse Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) is an oft-utilized interven
Autor:
Karen M. Conrad, Pi-Ju Liu, Andrew Butler, Kendon J. Conrad, Madelyn Iris, Jacques Perkins, Sara Stratton, Jarmin Yeh
Publikováno v:
Innovation in Aging
The historical lack of outcomes-related data in Adult Protective Services (APS) has affected funding coming to the program. Without data quantifying the effectiveness of APS services, policymakers have been unable to justify budget increases to impro
Autor:
Elsie Yan
Publikováno v:
Innovation in Aging
This study examines the protective function of caregiving resilience and caregiving self-efficacy for elder abuse. A convenient sample of 600 family caregivers of community dwelling older Chinese in Hong Kong were individually interviewed. Participan
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Innovation in Aging
Throughout the country, access to professional capacity assessments is inconsistent. Capacity assessments are often a critical factor in case management of elder abuse investigations. This unmet need for many Adult Protective Services (APS) programs
Autor:
Ronan Factora, Saket Saxena
Publikováno v:
Innovation in Aging
Impaired decision making capacity is common in medical and community settings, often coexistent with functional impairment and dementia. Though the legal system determines competence, deciding if guardianship is appropriate often relies on a medical
Autor:
Asako Katsumata, Noriko Tsukada
Publikováno v:
Innovation in Aging
This paper examines trends in elder abuse cases (types of abuse, traits of abusers, victims and their relationships, levels of disabilities and dementia of victims, etc.) by using longitudinal data (2012-2018) collected by Japan’s Ministry of Healt
Autor:
Sukyung Yoon
Publikováno v:
Innovation in Aging
Adults (65 and older) comprised about 15% of the 2019 South Korean population (hereafter Korea), but are estimated to be 20% in 2025 and 40% in 2050 (StatisticsKorea, 2019). Good relationships with spouses impact mental health during later life (Sant