A Systematic Review of Interventions for Elder Abuse

@article{Ploeg2009ASR,
  title={A Systematic Review of Interventions for Elder Abuse},
  author={Jenny Ploeg and Jana M. Fear and Brian G. Hutchison and Harriet L MacMillan and Gale Bolan},
  journal={Journal of Elder Abuse \& Neglect},
  year={2009},
  volume={21},
  pages={187 - 210}
}
The purpose of this study was to use rigorous systematic review methods to summarize the effectiveness of interventions for elder abuse. Only eight studies met our inclusion criteria. Evidence regarding the recurrence of abuse following intervention was limited, but the interventions for which this outcome was reported failed to reduce, and may have even increased, the likelihood of recurrence. Elder abuse interventions had no significant effect on case resolution and at-risk caregiver outcomes… 
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Family-Centred Interventions for Elder Abuse: a Narrative Review

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Interventions that used a family-based model, combined education and supportive services, and targeted both caregivers and elders, showed significant effect size, suggesting such features being considered in elder abuse intervention design.

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The effectiveness of primary, secondary and tertiary intervention programmes utilised to reduce or prevent, or both, elderly abuse in organisational, institutional and community settings is assessed.

Evidence-Based Practice Guideline: Elder Abuse Prevention.

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Prevalence and risk factors for elder abuse, instruments available to assess individuals at risk for or victims of abuse, and potential interventions to prevent or reduce elder abuse are summarized.

Evidence-based practice guideline: elder abuse prevention.

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Prevalence and risk factors for elder abuse, instruments available to assess individuals at risk for or victims of abuse, and potential interventions to prevent or reduce elder abuse are summarized.

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The objective of this review was to assess the effectiveness 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.

Addressing the measurement challenge in elder abuse interventions: need for a severity framework

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A case for severity as a framework to operationalize and measure elder abuse in intervention research and practice is developed and provides enhanced elder abuse measurement responsiveness and aligns with the dominant client-centered, harm-reduction clinical approach to intervening with elder abuse cases.
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