Effect of an elder abuse and self-neglect intervention on repeat investigations by adult protective services: RISE project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adult Protective Services (APS) is the primary agency responsible for investigating elder abuse and self-neglect (EASN) allegations in the United States. The harms of EASN are well established; however, APS lacks a conceptually derived evidenced-based intervention phase. RISE is a community-based intervention designed to complement APS that provides enhanced services and a longer intervention phase. The objective of this study was to test whether exposure to the RISE/APS collaboration was associated with reducing the case outcome of recurrence (repeat investigations) compared to usual care APS only services.

Methods

A retrospective observational study (n = 1947) of two counties in Maine where RISE was available to provide enhanced services to persons referred from

SUBMITTER: Lewis S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10776806 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature