Alex Elswick, Allison Smith, Alyssa Campbell, Amy Kostelic, Pamela B Teaster
{"title":"Older adults who use drugs: an examination of policy and preparedness in nursing facilities.","authors":"Alex Elswick, Allison Smith, Alyssa Campbell, Amy Kostelic, Pamela B Teaster","doi":"10.1080/08946566.2024.2423915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2024.2423915","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Currently, over 5.7 million adults 65+ are projected to have a SUD, and the number of fatal overdose deaths among older adults is rising in both community and facility settings. This exploratory study involved surveys of 37 nursing facilities (NF) in Kentucky in order to identify current admission practices to screen, prevent, and/or address resident substance use. Respondents indicated that they were ill-equipped to address such problems and fail to offer specialized programs for residents or training for staff. Training and best practices for residents, their families, and staff should be established to address residents with substance use and SUD.</p>","PeriodicalId":46983,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142584798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transforming learning for adult protective services caseworker certification training: program evaluation of simulation training.","authors":"Yu-Ling Chiu, Theodore P Cross","doi":"10.1080/08946566.2024.2423917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2024.2423917","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study assesses the first statewide program to provide simulation training conducted via videoconference to all new caseworkers. The simulation training in Illinois was conducted at a mock house. A mock family played by standardized clients is physically present, and trainees participate remotely. The program evaluation team implemented a survey that asks trainees to rate their confidence in different skills at multiple timepoints, to appraise the quality of feedback and debriefing of the training team, and to write text responses to the questions regarding their learning experience. Analysis of quantitative data over the course of the training showed statistically significant linear increases in trainees' confidence for all the 14 skills. Their text responses indicated that they received feedback they appreciated and felt they gained ability on a range of different skills. The simulation training makes a valued and effective contribution to the certification training.</p>","PeriodicalId":46983,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142569902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fengyan Tang, Guoping Jin, Wendi Da, Yuyang Zhu, Yanping Jiang
{"title":"Elder mistreatment and cognitive functioning among Chinese older adults in the U.S.","authors":"Fengyan Tang, Guoping Jin, Wendi Da, Yuyang Zhu, Yanping Jiang","doi":"10.1080/08946566.2024.2413498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2024.2413498","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Elder mistreatment disproportionately affects racial and ethnic minority older adults, particularly Chinese older adults in the U.S. who face increased risks due to cultural disparities, intergenerational conflicts, and socioeconomic disparities. This study investigated the longitudinal association of elder mistreatment with cognitive functioning among Chinese older adults in the Greater Chicago area (<i>N</i> = 2,811). Self-reported elder mistreatment and cognitive performance were assessed across four waves of the study. Latent growth curve modeling analysis showed that respondents reporting previous mistreatment instances at baseline exhibited better initial functioning status (<i>B</i> = 0.07, <i>p</i> < .05); however, those reporting mistreatment incidents at three follow-ups showed a faster cognitive decline compared to those without such reports (<i>B</i> = -0.04, <i>p</i> < .05). Recent and potentially cumulative experiences of elder mistreatment have a negative effect on cognitive decline. Sociocultural contexts need to be considered when addressing elder mistreatment issues within the Chinese minority community.</p>","PeriodicalId":46983,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Loneliness could lead to risk of fraud victimization for middle-aged and older adults.","authors":"Shuyao Liao, Xiaojie Wang, Xin Zhang","doi":"10.1080/08946566.2024.2404040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2024.2404040","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Older adults have a strong desire for emotional connectivity and those who lack such social connectedness would be easily taken advantage of and experience fraud. We aimed to examine the association between loneliness and fraud victimization and further investigate the causal relationship through experimental manipulation. Fifty younger adults (aged 18-29, <math><mrow><msub><mi>M</mi><mrow><mi>age</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></math> = 26.62), 43 middle-aged adults (aged 32-53, <math><mrow><msub><mi>M</mi><mrow><mi>age</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></math> = 40.84) and 54 older adults (aged 60-88, <math><mrow><msub><mi>M</mi><mrow><mi>age</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></math> = 68.31) were randomly assigned to induced loneliness or control conditions by a complete randomized design and then were asked to rate the credibility and purchase intention for nine misleading advertisements. Middle-aged and older adults, but not younger adults, showed higher susceptibility to fraud after loneliness manipulation. The present experiment confirmed that loneliness could lead to higher fraud victimization for middle-aged and older adults, suggesting future interventions should target those lonely middle-aged and older adults to prevent potential fraud.</p>","PeriodicalId":46983,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142298455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neighborly relations and self-neglect in older adults living alone: a cross-sectional study in rural areas of Southwest China.","authors":"Yuling Jia, Yuexue Yue, Yu Sheng","doi":"10.1080/08946566.2024.2389389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2024.2389389","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aims to examine the association between neighborly relations and self-neglect.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used the Scale of the Elderly Self-neglect to measure elder self-neglect. Logistic regression was used to examine the association between neighborly relations and self-neglect and its' phenotypes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After adjusting for potential confounders, the risk of overall self-neglect among individuals with harmonious neighbor relationships significantly decreased by 79.2%. In comparison to elderly individuals living alone with poor neighbor relationships, those with harmonious connections experienced a 77.6% reduction in the risk of medical self-neglect, an 89.9% decrease in the risk of hygiene self-neglect, a 65.1% decline in the risk of emotional self-neglect, a 77.9% drop in the risk of safety self-neglect, and a 56.8% lower risk of social self-neglect.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study highlights harmonious neighborly relations are an independent protector factor for self-neglect. Fostering neighborly relations might be a practical approach to mitigating self-neglect.</p>","PeriodicalId":46983,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141972096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alyssa Elman, Sarah Cox, Elaine Gottesman, Seth Herman, Avery Kirshner, Sarah Tietz, Amy Shaw, David Hancock, E-Shien Chang, Daniel Baek, Elizabeth Bloemen, Sunday Clark, Tony Rosen
{"title":"The critical role of the specialized social worker as part of ED/hospital-based elder mistreatment response teams.","authors":"Alyssa Elman, Sarah Cox, Elaine Gottesman, Seth Herman, Avery Kirshner, Sarah Tietz, Amy Shaw, David Hancock, E-Shien Chang, Daniel Baek, Elizabeth Bloemen, Sunday Clark, Tony Rosen","doi":"10.1080/08946566.2023.2255742","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08946566.2023.2255742","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The emergency department and hospital provide a unique and important opportunity to identify elder mistreatment and offer intervention. To help manage these complex cases, multi-disciplinary response teams have been launched. In developing these teams, it quickly became clear that social workers play a critical role in responding to elder mistreatment. Their unique skillset allows them to establish close connections with community resources, collaborate with various hospital stakeholders, support patients/families/caregivers through challenging situations, navigate the legal and protective systems, and balance patient safety and quality of life in disposition decision-making. The role of the social worker on these multi-faceted teams includes conducting a comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment, helping to develop a safe discharge plan, and making appropriate referrals, among other responsibilities. Any institution considering developing a multi-disciplinary program should recognize the critical importance of social work.</p>","PeriodicalId":46983,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10924767/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10205418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E-Shien Chang, Elizabeth M Bloemen, Sarah Tietz, Daniel Lindberg, Alyssa Elman, Elaine Gottesman, Daniel Baek, David Hancock, Veronica M LoFaso, Jennine McAuley, Michelle Sullivan, Chloe Pino, Lisa Rachmuth, Tony Rosen
{"title":"ED/hospital program contributions to community multi-disciplinary team meetings: Different models.","authors":"E-Shien Chang, Elizabeth M Bloemen, Sarah Tietz, Daniel Lindberg, Alyssa Elman, Elaine Gottesman, Daniel Baek, David Hancock, Veronica M LoFaso, Jennine McAuley, Michelle Sullivan, Chloe Pino, Lisa Rachmuth, Tony Rosen","doi":"10.1080/08946566.2024.2324315","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08946566.2024.2324315","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Elder mistreatment (EM) is a complex problem, with response and prevention requiring contributions from professionals from many disciplines. Community-based multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs) that conduct meetings to discuss challenging cases and coordinate services are a common strategy to ensure effective collaboration. Though they play an important role in EM identification, intervention, and prevention, hospitals and hospital-based healthcare professionals have been particularly difficult to engage in MDTs. Two hospitals in different communities recently launched Emergency Department (ED)/hospital-based response teams to consult in cases of potential EM, and both participate in MDTs. We explored similarities and differences between the MDTs in these communities including in the role of the ED/hospital-based response team. The comparison demonstrates both core common features as well as large variations. These differences reflect different circumstances in the models on which they were based, on MDT development in these communities, available resources and infrastructure, and the ED/hospital program's role.</p>","PeriodicalId":46983,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11333175/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140050607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elizabeth M Bloemen, Alyssa Elman, Sarah Tietz, Amy Shaw, Daniel M Lindberg, Elaine Gottesman, Jason Hayes, Daniel Baek, Michelle Sullivan, Robin Yasui, Chloe Pino, Jennine McAuley, David Hancock, E-Shien Chang, Veronica M LoFaso, Michael E Stern, Tony Rosen
{"title":"Emergency department and hospital-based programs responding to elder mistreatment: developing consensus about an idea whose time has come.","authors":"Elizabeth M Bloemen, Alyssa Elman, Sarah Tietz, Amy Shaw, Daniel M Lindberg, Elaine Gottesman, Jason Hayes, Daniel Baek, Michelle Sullivan, Robin Yasui, Chloe Pino, Jennine McAuley, David Hancock, E-Shien Chang, Veronica M LoFaso, Michael E Stern, Tony Rosen","doi":"10.1080/08946566.2024.2384400","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08946566.2024.2384400","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Elder mistreatment is common, serious, and under-recognized, with Emergency Department and hospital clinical encounters offering a potential but currently unrealized opportunity to identify and help older adults experiencing mistreatment. Interdisciplinary emergency department and hospital-based response teams represent a promising care model to address this. This manuscript describes two such teams and introduces a special issue dedicated to this work.</p>","PeriodicalId":46983,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11333158/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141761650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Risa Breckman elder abuse pioneer career impact award lecture and career reflections.","authors":"Alyssa Elman, Elizabeth M Bloemen, Tony Rosen","doi":"10.1080/08946566.2024.2383808","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08946566.2024.2383808","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46983,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141898629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}