County Government Resources Associated with Dependent-Adult Abuse Investigations in Iowa

Jogerst, Gerald J.; Daly, Jeanette M.

doi:10.1080/08946560801973085

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“…In previous studies, the county demographics and government characteristics were significantly associated with Adult Protective Services investigations and substantiations. 12 - 15 In this study, prosecution rates associated with these variables were tested and population per square mile were close to statistically significant. These may explain the one county, Polk County, with highest sheriff’s mean salary and densest population had higher prosecution rate than that of the average of all other counties.…”

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Iowa Dependent Adult Abuse Prosecutions From 2006 Through 2015: Health Care Providers’ Concern

Daly

Jogerst

2017

J Prim Care Community Health

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Background: In most states, health care providers are required to report abuse. Some states provide investigation feedback/findings to the reporter. The reporters rarely know if the perpetrator is convicted. The purposes of this study are to determine the incidence of Iowa dependent adult abuse prosecutions from 2006 through 2015, the incidence of convictions, and the association between dependent adult abuse prosecutions with county census and government characteristics. Design and Methods: Through the Iowa Court Information Systems, dependent adult abuse prosecution data were purchased for a 10-year time period. County demographics were obtained through the US Census and government data were Iowa State Association of Counties and the US Department of Agriculture. Results: During 2006-2015, there were 368 dependent adult abuse prosecution cases accounting for 482 original charges. Exploitation greater than $100 was the dependent adult abuse charge most frequently cited. Within the 10 years, it accounted for 60% of the original charges. Of the 482 disposed charges, 251 (52%) of the charges were dismissed. A total of 122 (14%) counts resulted in probation, 73 resulted in prison, and 37 in jail. Conclusions: For the first time, information about dependent adult abuse prosecutions in Iowa is available. The latter 5 years, 2011 to 2015, of dependent adult abuse prosecutions are significantly higher than the first 5 years, 2006 to 2010. This project encourages health care providers to report dependent adult abuse to law enforcement if appropriate as well as adult protective services.

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“…14 Government variable selection was based on earlier research in which higher dependent adult substantiations were significantly associated with higher rates of prosecuted felonies and the county attorney’s and sheriff’s annual salary. 15 …”

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Iowa Dependent Adult Abuse Prosecutions From 2006 Through 2015: Health Care Providers’ Concern

Daly

Jogerst

2017

J Prim Care Community Health

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“…The Daly and Jogerst team found that certain social factors were associated with higher rates of APS substantiation: higher population density, poverty and child abuse, child abuse investigations and substantiations, felony prosecutions, and sheriff's salaries. Increased training for and having specialized APS investigators, as well as separate adult and child abuse investigators also yielded more substantiations (Jogerst & Daly, 2008;Jogerst et al, 2003;Jogerst et al, 2000). Importantly, requiring investigators to hold social work degrees also correlated with higher substantiation rates, as well as having tracking systems for cases (Daly et al, 2005;Jogerst et al, 2004).…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Only three research teams have used APS data to analyze patterns of reported abuse substantiation by APS investigators: Daly and Jogerst and their colleagues (who provided five articles on the subject: Daly, Jogerst, Haigh, Leeney, & Dawson, 2005;Jogerst & Daly, 2008;Jogerst et al, 2003;Jogerst et al, 2004;Jogerst, Dawson, Hartz, Ely, & Schweitzer, 2000), , and Ramsey-Klawsnik, Teaster, Mendiondo, Marcum, and Abner (2008). The Daly and Jogerst team found that certain social factors were associated with higher rates of APS substantiation: higher population density, poverty and child abuse, child abuse investigations and substantiations, felony prosecutions, and sheriff's salaries.…”

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Informing Evidence-Based Practice: A Review of Research Analyzing Adult Protective Services Data

Ernst

Ramsey-Klawsnik²,

Schillerstrom

et al. 2014

Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect

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The mission of Adult Protective Services (APS) is to protect older and vulnerable adults from abuse, neglect, and exploitation. The complexity of APS cases and the potential for life-changing interventions point to the need for research that examines and evaluates APS practices. A literature review identified 50 studies published during a 16-year period that used APS agencies, clients, data, or resources to test hypotheses regarding elder abuse. The analysis revealed promising efforts toward knowledge development about elder mistreatment and self-neglect. This article provides an overview of salient findings, notes the scarcity of studies that analyze the effectiveness of APS, and highlights the need for additional research. Lessons learned are described, and APS practitioners and researchers are urged to work collaboratively to develop key practice-related questions about APS processes and outcomes that can be tested with appropriate research methodologies.

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Interventions for preventing abuse in the elderly

Baker

Francis

Hairi

et al. 2016

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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Background Maltreatment of older people (elder abuse) includes psychological, physical, sexual abuse, neglect and financial exploitation. Evidence suggests that 10% of older adults experience some form of abuse, and only a fraction of cases are actually reported or referred to social services agencies. Elder abuse is associated with significant morbidity and premature mortality. Numerous interventions have been implemented to address the issue of elder maltreatment. It is, however, unclear which interventions best serve to prevent or reduce elder abuse. Objectives The objective of this review was to assess the e ectiveness of primary, secondary and tertiary intervention programmes used to reduce or prevent abuse of the elderly in their own home, in organisational or institutional and community settings. The secondary objective was to investigate whether intervention e ects are modified by types of abuse, types of participants, setting of intervention, or the cognitive status of older people.

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County Government Resources Associated with Dependent-Adult Abuse Investigations in Iowa

Cited by 9 publications

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Iowa Dependent Adult Abuse Prosecutions From 2006 Through 2015: Health Care Providers’ Concern

Iowa Dependent Adult Abuse Prosecutions From 2006 Through 2015: Health Care Providers’ Concern

Informing Evidence-Based Practice: A Review of Research Analyzing Adult Protective Services Data

Interventions for preventing abuse in the elderly

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