Safeguarding Staff’s Experience of Cases of Financial Abuse

The role of the nurse in detecting elder abuse and neglect: current perspectives

“…The lack of such supportive systems points to tangible practice limitations where there is a need to address the legislative, institutional and siloed approaches which are experienced by health care professionals in various countries. 72,73 Careful deliberation of the context of suspected abuse should include evaluation on the need to refer to protective services, and judgment also involves an assessment of the immediacy of intervention. In addition, many instances of elder abuse may also represent a legal trespass, so referral to police should be considered.…”

Elder Financial Abuse Experience: A Qualitative Study from the Perspective of Older Persons in Malaysia

“…The findings revealed that it is easier to prosecute non-related perpetrators because no emotional investment was involved, as compared to cases that involved family members. Evidence of family preservation was also provided in Phelan et al (2018). The success of a case involving elder financial abuse is determined by the relationship between the perpetrator and victim.…”

“…This study discovered that, due to inadequate social support and the unpopularity of legal protections available to them, participants were indirectly forced to embrace "rationalization" and believing in the "higher power" as ways of coping with the financial exploitation. Victims expressed their feelings knowing that their finances were being deprived and used inappropriately by the perpetrators, but they claimed that, apart from being financially deprived, they did not suffer any other negative physical or psychological implications (Phelan et al, 2018). Similarly, victims of elder financial abuse by family members rationalized their adult children's conduct by pointing to their children's rights of entitlement over their assets or properties-in other words, that eventually the property will belong to them (Phelan et al, 2018;Wendt et al, 2015;Bagshaw et al, 2013).…”

“…Victims expressed their feelings knowing that their finances were being deprived and used inappropriately by the perpetrators, but they claimed that, apart from being financially deprived, they did not suffer any other negative physical or psychological implications (Phelan et al, 2018). Similarly, victims of elder financial abuse by family members rationalized their adult children's conduct by pointing to their children's rights of entitlement over their assets or properties-in other words, that eventually the property will belong to them (Phelan et al, 2018;Wendt et al, 2015;Bagshaw et al, 2013). Therefore, in this case, positive reappraisal and rationalization helped participants to redefine the situation of financial exploitation in a more positive way; by doing this, they may have received benefits from their stressful experience (Folkman, 2011).…”

Cuidado de enfermagem forense ao idoso em situações de violência: revisão de escopo

“…(7) Isso pode estar relacionado a falta de capacitação profissional, ao medo e a complexidade em identificar os casos de VCPI. (8) Na suspeita ou confirmação de violência, o caso deverá ser obrigatoriamente notificado, devendo o profissional de saúde encaminhar os casos ao Ministério Público, autoridade policial, ou Conselho do Idoso. (9) A identificação da VCPI tem caráter emergencial, ao considerar que, cada vez que o idoso frequenta o serviço de saúde, pode ser a úni-Santos JS, Santos RC, Araújo-Monteiro GK, Santos RC, Costa GM, Guerrero-Castañeda RF, et al ca chance de identificar uma situação de violência.…”