@article{ref1,
title="Interventions from home-based geriatric assessments of adult protective service clients suffering elder mistreatment",
journal="Journal of the American Geriatrics Society",
year="2005",
author="Heath, John M. and Kobylarz, Fred A. and Brown, Merle and Castaño, Susan",
volume="53",
number="9",
pages="1538-1542",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To describe the interventions for adult protective service (APS) clients referred for geriatric assessment. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: In-home geriatric assessments conducted in two New Jersey counties. PARTICIPANTS: Two hundred eleven APS clients; 74% female; mean age 77. MEASUREMENTS: Cognition, affect, nutrition, prevalence of selected medical diagnoses and functional conditions, and categories of interventions. RESULTS: Home health agency services were initiated for 46% of APS clients suffering from all forms of mistreatment. Institutional placements (36%) and guardianship interventions (36%) were correlated with caregiver neglect, especially in female APS clients and those diagnosed with dementia. Urgent medications (25%) were prescribed across all mistreatment classifications, and acute hospitalization (20%) was correlated with circumstances of physical abuse. CONCLUSION: An in-home geriatric assessment service was able to contribute at least one relevant intervention for 81% of referred APS clients to collaboratively help mitigate elder mistreatment circumstances.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-8614",
doi="10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53469.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53469.x"
}