Characterizing Elder Abuse in the UK: A Description of Cases Reported to a National Helpline

Dómínguez, Silvia; Storey, Jennifer E.; Glorney, Emily

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“…This is supported by previous research which found that difficulties in managing finances is one of the earlier symptoms of dementia and assessment of financial capacity can identify people with MCI who are most likely to progress to dementia [ 25 , 26 ]. Financial abuse is the most prevalent form of elder abuse in the UK [ 27 ] and people with MCI or dementia are at greatest risk [ 28 ]. Fenton et al suggest that the early diagnosis of dementia can help identify those most at risk of financial exploitation, empower such individuals to avoid exploitation, and reduce the societal costs and consequences of exploitation [ 29 ].…”

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A qualitative study of informal caregiver perceptions of the benefits of an early dementia diagnosis

Couch,

Co,

Albertyn

et al. 2024

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background Current and former dementia policies in the United Kingdom (UK) recommend diagnosing dementia early, or as close to the onset of symptoms as possible. Informal caregivers play an important role in initiating the diagnostic process and providing support to people living with dementia. Therefore, this study aimed to explore caregiver perceptions of the benefits of an early diagnosis. Methods We conducted semi-structured interviews with 12 current and former informal caregivers to people with dementia in the UK in 2020. We analysed the interviews using thematic analysis. Results Benefits of an early diagnosis included: (1) protecting the person with dementia from financial or physical harm, (2) timely decision-making, and (3) access to services and treatments following a diagnosis. We identified three conditions necessary for the benefits of an early diagnosis to be felt: (1) adequate prognostic information, (2) someone to advocate on behalf of the person with dementia, and (3) a willingness to seek and accept the diagnosis. Conclusions In this study, we identified how diagnosing dementia close to the onset of symptoms could be beneficial and the conditions necessary for these benefits to be felt. The findings highlight the importance of an early diagnosis for enabling people with dementia and caregivers to make practical arrangements and to access services. Further research is needed to build on the findings of this study by exploring the perspectives of people with dementia and by including a larger, more diverse sample of caregivers.

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A qualitative study of informal caregiver perceptions of the benefits of an early dementia diagnosis

Couch,

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Albertyn

et al. 2024

BMC Health Serv Res

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“…This could mean that both mistreatment and risk factors among people with dementia were underreported here. However, this under-reporting may be somewhat mitigated by the fact that one UK study found that 88% of mistreatment reports to a helpline are made by someone other than the victim ( Fraga Dominguez et al, 2022 ).…”

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Elder Mistreatment and Dementia: A Comparison of People with and without Dementia across the Prevalence of Abuse

2022

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This paper examines the prevalence of different types of elder mistreatment, care needs, and risk factors amongst older adults living with and without dementia in any setting (community or institution). Three years (2014–2017) of anonymized reported incidents of elder mistreatment to a national UK helpline were examined in an exploratory study, using a matched sample design ( N = 598) comparing adults with dementia ( n = 299) to those without ( n = 299) on mistreatment type, care needs, and risk factors for abuse. Financial exploitation was more common among older adults with dementia who required more daily care than those without. Risk factors for elder mistreatment among older adults without dementia were often chronic in nature (such as poor physical health) whereas risk factors for people with dementia were associated with a dementia diagnosis. Raising implications for health and social care, results show that older adults diagnosed with dementia had increased care needs and vulnerability to abuse.

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“…Author Title Year Study design/ level of evidence Li; Dong (12) Elder abuse and cognitive function among community-Dwelling older adults: Does abuse history matter? 2022 Cross-sectional V Ludvigsson et al (13) Experiences of elder abuse: a qualitative study among victims in Sweden 2022 Cross-sectional V Dominguez; Storey; Glorney (14) Characterizing Elder Abuse in the UK: A Description of Cases Reported to a National Helpline 2022 Cross-sectional V Weissberger et al (15) Elder abuse in the COVID-19 era based on calls to the National Center on Elder Abuse resource line 2022 Cross-sectional V Souza et al (16) Factors associated with the risk of violence against older adult women: a cross-sectional study 2021 Analytical IV Botngård et al (17) Elder abuse in Norwegian nursing homes: a cross-sectional exploratory study 2021 Analytical IV Alarcon et al (18) Percepção do idoso acerca da violência vivida 2020 Descriptive VI Meyer et al (19) Violence against older women: A systematic review of qualitative literature 2020 Qualitative systematic review V…”

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Elder abuse: a conceptual analysis

Santos-Rodrigues,

Araújo-Monteiro,

Dantas

et al. 2023

Rev. Bras. Enferm.

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Objective: to analyze the concept of elder abuse and identify its respective antecedents, attributes and consequents. Methods: this is a conceptual analysis according to Walker and Avant’s proposition. The search for the concept was mediated by an integrative review in the LILACS, PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science and BDENF databases. Results: as antecedents, female, family member, low social support and low income or socioeconomic conditions stand out. Attributes were threats and/or intimidation, intentional use of physical force, using resources without authorization, unwanted sexual activity, offering low insufficient amount of nutrients for older adults and not meeting older adults’ affective/emotional needs. Consequents were psychological disorders, dependence on aggressors, environment of insecurity and damage/loss of human rights or human dignity. Final considerations: the phenomenon under discussion is broad and multifaceted, suggesting expansion of studies related to the theme in order to explore it in detail.

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Characterizing Elder Abuse in the UK: A Description of Cases Reported to a National Helpline

Cited by 5 publications

References 26 publications

A qualitative study of informal caregiver perceptions of the benefits of an early dementia diagnosis

A qualitative study of informal caregiver perceptions of the benefits of an early dementia diagnosis

Elder Mistreatment and Dementia: A Comparison of People with and without Dementia across the Prevalence of Abuse

Elder abuse: a conceptual analysis

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