TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Interventions from home-based geriatric assessments of adult protective service clients suffering elder mistreatment
JO  - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
A1  - Heath, John M.
A1  - Kobylarz, Fred A.
A1  - Brown, Merle
A1  - Castaño, Susan
SP  - 1538
EP  - 1542
VL  - 53
IS  - 9
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-8614
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53469.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -