Health professionals' and students' perceptions of elder abuse

Dow, Briony; Hempton, Courtney; Cortes-Simonet, Emanuel N; Ellis, Kathryn A.; Koch, Susan; LoGiudice, Dina; Mastwyk, Maree; Livingston, Gill; Cooper, Claudia; Ames, David

doi:10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00643.x

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“…The group that was educated about elder abuse stated that "they feel sufficient about elder abuse" more than the group that had not received education on the subject. Previous studies have shown that educational intervention has an important influence on gaining experience, awareness, and knowledge (19)(20)(21). In the present study, it was determined that the group that was educated about the subject stated that "previous notifications to the authorities were not useful" and "governments did not provide older victims with enough support" at a higher rate than the group that was not educated on the subject.…”

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confidence: 68%

The Turkish Adaptation of The Tilburg Frailty Indicator: a Validity and Reliability Study

Arslan¹,

Koç²,

Sözmen³

2018

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The Turkish Adaptation of The Tilburg Frailty Indicator: a Validity and Reliability Study

Arslan¹,

Koç²,

Sözmen³

2018

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“…The results regarding the role of professional experience seem to be a source of controversy. The results of some studies showed that health professionals recognised fewer abusive situations than did students in training (Dow et al, 2013); that lower degrees of professional experience predicted greater recognition of abuse (Caciula, Livingston, Caciula, & Cooper, 2010) and willingness to report abuse (Ko & Koh, 2012). These findings suggest that, over time, professionals can change their perceptions of what action strategies are acceptable in difficult situations in which there are few available alternatives and then adjust their views according to their level of experience.…”

Section: The Ability Of Knowledge and Attitudes Of Professionals To Amentioning

confidence: 99%

Influence of health personnel's attitudes and knowledge in the detection and reporting of elder abuse: An exploratory systematic review

Garma

2017

Psychosocial Intervention

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This article reviews the main results and conclusions of published studies concerning the influence of the knowledge and attitudes of health professionals in detecting and reporting elder abuse. Fifty-seven articles published in English or Spanish between 2000 and 2014 were analysed. The main findings and conclusions are presented around four themes: (1) the influence of definitions used by professionals in the detection and reporting of abuse; (2) the ability of knowledge and attitudes of professionals to act as barriers or facilitators of abuse detection and reporting; (3) the influence of the knowledge and attitudes of professionals in strategies for action taken in response to suspected abuse; and (4) training as a means to improve the competence of professionals to detect and report abuse. Results show the influence of knowledge and attitudes, but testing the theoretical models that integrate the relationship of these variables to other factors that affect decision processes and actions of health professionals is needed. Findings from such tests will facilitate the design of intervention strategies to increase the likelihood that health professionals will detect and report abuse.

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“…Two different elder abuse scenario questionnaires were used in the studies by Helmes and Cuevas [24] and Dow and colleagues [25]. Both found significant differences between groups in their perceptions of what constituted abuse and/or its severity.…”

Section: Elder Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Older adults (n = 40) perceived sexual abuse and neglect as more severe than physical, psychological or financial abuse, which was interesting given the latter two are the most common forms of abuse experienced by older adults. Dow and colleagues [25], using the Caregiver Scenario Questionnaire, found that health students (n = 127) were more likely to rate forms of restraint as abusive than practising health professionals (n = 120). Like Boldy and colleagues [23], they found there was a clear need for further education about elder abuse as less than half the health professionals included in the study, all of whom were working with older adults, had received any education on elder abuse.…”

Section: Elder Abusementioning

confidence: 99%