Developing a tool to assess and monitor institutional readiness to address elder mistreatment in hospital emergency departments

Hospital emergency departments (EDs) lack the tools and processes required to facilitate consistent screening and intervention in cases of elder abuse and neglect. To address this need, the National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment has developed a clinical care model that ED's can im...

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Published inJournal of elder abuse & neglect Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 311 - 326
Main Authors Dash, Kim, Breckman, Risa, Lees-Haggerty, Kristin, Elman, Alyssa, Lachs, Mark, Stoeckle, Rebecca Jackson, Fulmer, Terry, Rosen, Tony
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Routledge 08.08.2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Adult abuse & neglect
Aged
coordinated care
Elder Abuse
elder mistreatment
elder neglect
emergency department
Emergency Service, Hospital
Emergency services
Evaluation
Hospitals
Humans
implementation science
Mass Screening
Older people
organizational assessment
referral
screening
Support services
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tests
organizational assessment
elder neglect
screening
referral
coordinated care
elder mistreatment
Elder abuse
emergency department
implementation science
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Summary:Hospital emergency departments (EDs) lack the tools and processes required to facilitate consistent screening and intervention in cases of elder abuse and neglect. To address this need, the National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment has developed a clinical care model that ED's can implement to improve screening, referral, and linkage to coordinated care and support services for older adults who are at risk of mistreatment. To gauge ED readiness to change and facilitate adoption of the care model, we developed an organizational assessment tool, the Elder Mistreatment Emergency Department Assessment Profile (EM-EDAP). Development included a phased approach in which we reviewed evidence on best practice; consulted with multidisciplinary experts; and sought input from ED staff. Based on this formative research, we developed a tool that can be used to guide EDs in focusing on practice improvements for addressing elder mistreatment that are most responsive to local needs and opportunities.
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ISSN:0894-6566
1540-4129
DOI:10.1080/08946566.2021.1965930