Connecting Community-Based Resources and Health Systems to Keep Older Adults Safe

Healthcare systems, particularly hospital emergency departments (ED), offer an opportunity to identify and respond to elder mistreatment (EM), but often are uninvolved in coordinated community responses. This article describes how key informant interviews with health systems, Adult Protective Servic...

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Published in:Generations (San Francisco, Calif.) Calif.), 2020-04, Vol.44 (1), p.59-66
Main Authors: Haggerty, Kristin Lees, Bonner, Alice, Lang, Debi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Community organizations
connecting systems: following an elder’s potential journey through systems
Departments
Elder Mistreatment
Emergency Departments
Emergency services
Health services
Hospitals
Informant Interviews
Interviews
Key
Literature reviews
Older people
Rural areas
Sex crimes
Social response
The Community Connections Toolkit
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Summary:Healthcare systems, particularly hospital emergency departments (ED), offer an opportunity to identify and respond to elder mistreatment (EM), but often are uninvolved in coordinated community responses. This article describes how key informant interviews with health systems, Adult Protective Services, and other stakeholders led to the Community Connections Toolkit, a core element of The National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment's Elder Mistreatment Emergency Department Care Model. The toolkit is designed to help hospitals engage with key community organizations to keep older adults safe from EM once discharged.
ISSN:0738-7806
2694-5126