The impact of elder abuse training on subacute health providers and older adults: study protocol for a randomized control trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Elder abuse often goes unreported and undetected. Older people may be ashamed, fearful, or otherwise reticent to disclose abuse, and many health providers are not confident in asking about it. In the No More Shame study, we will evaluate a co-designed, multi-component intervention that aims to improve health providers' recognition, response, and referral of elder abuse.

Methods

This is a single-blinded, pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial. Ten subacute hospital sites (i.e. clusters) across Australia will be allocated 1:1, stratified by state to a multi-component intervention comprising a training programme for health providers, implementation of a screening tool and use of site champions, or no additional training or support. Outcomes will be collected

SUBMITTER: Cavuoto MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11110438 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature