Risk Factors for Elder Abuse Incidence and Severity among Cognitively Intact Older Adults.
- Resource Type
- Theses
- Authors
- Burnes, David P.R.
- Source
- Dissertation Abstracts International; Dissertation Abstract International; 75-10A(E).
- Subject
- Gerontology
Social Work
- Language
- English
Summary: Implications: Using NYSEAPS data, this dissertation contributes the most valid and reliable elder emotional abuse, physical abuse and neglect risk factor knowledge available to date. It also extends existing risk factor research as the first known study to examine factors predicting elder abuse operationalized along a continuum of severity. Incidence-related risk factor information carries direct implications for policy and interventions aimed at preventing new elder abuse cases. Objective severity risk factor findings inform the development of targeted interventions to alleviate the magnitude of existing elder abuse cases and protect victims from heightened risks of mortality and morbidity. A focus on subjective severity carries indirect implications towards understanding victim help-seeking intentions and protective service utilization.