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Citation |
DePrince AP, Olomi JM, Lee MS, Hasche LK, Casparian AM, Pettit LL. J. Trauma Dissociation 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub. |
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Affiliation |
Denver City Attorney's Office, Denver, Colorado, USA. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2019, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group) |
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31762391 |
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Abstract |
Despite nationwide housing challenges that might lead to the exploitation of older adults' housing resources, exploitation of older adults' residences has not been a focus of measurement in the rapidly developing field of elder abuse and neglect. Rather, measures of older adult abuse and exploitation used in the research literature emphasize specific property, money, or resources being taken. Two composites are used to illustrate exploitation of older adults' residences by trusted others on whom the older adults depended with potentially serious implications for environmental safety and ultimately the older adults' housing stability. As part of a larger study on older adult maltreatment, police reports were coded for abuse and financial exploitation as well as misuse of the older adult's residence that threatened the older adult's housing security and/or exerted control over the older adult. Nearly one in ten (9.2%) police reports involving older adult victims and known/trusted perpetrators described exploitation of residences. Residence exploitation was separable from financial exploitation and less likely to co-occur with neglect. Considering the importance of housing stability to older adult well-being, consequences of maltreatment by a known/trusted other, and a national housing crisis, we propose that exploitation of older adults' residences warrants further measurement and practice attention. Language: en |
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Keywords |
Older adult abuse; betrayal trauma; elder abuse; family abuse; financial abuse; financial exploitation; housing; vulnerable adult |