@article{ref1,
title="Eliciting change in at-risk elders (ECARE): evaluation of an elder abuse intervention program",
journal="Journal of elder abuse and neglect",
year="2015",
author="Mariam, Lydia Morris and McClure, Regina and Robinson, J. B. and Yang, Janet A.",
volume="27",
number="1",
pages="19-33",
abstract="The current study evaluated the effectiveness of a community-based elder abuse intervention program that assists suspected victims of elder abuse and self-neglect through a partnership with local law enforcement. This program, Eliciting Change in At-Risk Elders, involves building alliances with the elder and family members, connecting the elder to supportive services that reduce risk of further abuse, and utilizing motivational interviewing-type skills to help elders overcome ambivalence regarding making difficult life changes. Risk factors of elder abuse decreased over the course of the intervention and nearly three-quarters of participants made progress on their treatment goal, advancing at least one of Prochaska and DiClemente's (1983) stages of change (precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance). Forty-three percent of elders moved into the stages of action and maintenance regarding their goal. The usefulness of eliciting change via longer-term relationships with vulnerable elders in entrenched elder abuse situations is discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0894-6566",
doi="10.1080/08946566.2013.867241",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08946566.2013.867241"
}