Aging, Long Term Care Category

Elder Abuse Severity

A Critical but Understudied Dimension of Victimization for Clinicians and Researchers

1 CE Hour
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About the Course

This study describes the variation in severity of elder emotional abuse, physical abuse, and neglect and identify risk factors associated with more severe forms of elder mistreatment (EM). This is a population-based study using random digit-dial sampling and telephone interviews with a representative sample (n = 4,156) of community-dwelling, cognitively intact older adults in New York State. The Conflict Tactics Scale and DUKE Older Americans Resources and Services scales were adapted to assess EM subtypes. For each EM subtype, severity was operationalized by summing the number of different mistreatment behaviors and the frequency of each behavior.

This course is based on the reading online article, Elder Abuse Severity created by David Burnes, PhD et al in 2016.

Publication Details

Publication Date: 2016

Course Material Authors

Course Material Authors authored the material only, and were not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

David Burnes, PhD
Dr. Burns is the Associate Dean, Academic and an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work. His program of research centers around the issue of elder abuse (abuse, neglect, financial exploitation) – a pervasive issue with major consequences to older adults and society and has published many research papers on the topic of elder abuse in peer reviewed journals.
Karl Pillemer, PhD
Dr. Karl Pillemer is the Hazel E. Reed Professor in the Department of Human Development, Professor of Gerontology in Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, and Senior Associate Dean for Research and Outreach in the College of Human Ecology. His major interests center on human development over the life course, with a special emphasis on family and social relationships in middle age and beyond. Dr. Pillemer's work has been published in multiple peer reviewed journals.
Mark S. Lachs, MD, MPH
Dr. Lachs is the Irene and Roy Psaty Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the Weill Cornell Medical College and Co-Chief of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, and the Director of Geriatrics for The New York Presbyterian Health Care System. His major area of interest is the disenfranchised elderly, and he has published widely in the areas of elder abuse and neglect, adult protective services, the measurement of functional status, ethics and the financing of health care.

Course Creator

L.A. Rankin

L.A. Rankin is a social worker with experience in many different settings with a variety of clients. She has worked with dementia and Alzheimers patients, dual diagnosis MH/MR, in a battered women’s shelter, and a rape crisis center. She also has 11 years of experience as a child protective social worker, where she earned certificates in domestic abuse/family violence and substance abuse.

Target Audience

Clinicians, social workers, elder services managers, discharge planners, case managers, researchers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Acknowledge the isses surrounding elder mistreatment, elder protection, and overall lack of research on this subject.
  2. 2 Extraoplate the risk factors, home dynamics, and demographics that place elders at greater risk.
  3. 3 Apply interventions to prevent elder mistreatment and protect at risk elders.

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Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

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Course Creator

L.A. Rankin – There are no relevant disclosures.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

$9

Course Details

1 CE Hour
Reading Online
Course 102402

Availability

This course is retired. It is no longer available.

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