ArticleAge and ageing2017
Interventions for preventing elder abuse: applying findings of a new Cochrane review.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Do interventions to prevent or stop abuse and neglect among older adults work? A systematic review of reviews.Journal of elder abuse & neglectPooled it
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- Program development using intervention mapping in primary healthcare settings to address elder abuse: A randomized controlled pilot study.Brain and behavior · 2021Trial
- Experiences of psychological mistreatment in older adults and promising practices: A scoping review protocol.PloS one · 2025Article
- Factors shaping the global political priority of addressing elder abuse: a qualitative policy analysis.The lancet. Healthy longevity · 2022Article
- PROTOCOL: Global elder abuse: A mega-map of systematic reviews on prevalence, consequences, risk and protective factors and interventions.Campbell systematic reviews · 2022Article
- Identifying Interventions and Their Efficacy as Used by a Community Agency Managing and Responding to Elder Abuse.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2022Article
- Estimated Incidence and Factors Associated With Risk of Elder Mistreatment in New York State.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- Elder abuse in Norwegian nursing homes: a cross-sectional exploratory study.BMC health services research · 2020Article
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Abstract
There is evidence that elder abuse is a significant public health problem that is destined to grow as population age. Countries are considering how best to act and this requires an understanding of the complex causal mechanisms contributing to its occurrence and the identification of effective interventions which can potentially make a difference. Previously, a high quality synthesis of evidence for policy and practice has been missing. In this paper, we describe a new Cochrane review of interventions to prevent the occurrence or reoccurrence of elder abuse. Overall, the quality of the evidence available for decision making is very low and there is little to guide practice. Amongst the interventions, there is some evidence that teaching coping skills to family carers of persons with dementia might make the situation better. We argue that poor quality and wasteful research needs to be avoided, and front-line agencies be supported in undertaking comparative evaluation of their services.
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