Review of Programs to Combat Elder Mistreatment: Focus on Hospitals and Level of Resources Needed.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Elder mistreatment is common and has serious social and medical consequences for victims. Though programs to combat this mistreatment have been developed and implemented for more than three decades, previous systematic literature reviews have found few successful ones.

Objective

To conduct a more comprehensive examination of programs to improve elder mistreatment identification, intervention, or prevention, including those that had not undergone evaluation.

Design

Systematic review.

Setting

Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid EMBASE, Cochrane Library, PsycINFO Elton B. Stephens Co. (EBSCO), AgeLine, CINAHL.

Measurements

We abstracted key information about each program and categorized programs into 14 types and 9 subtypes. For programs that reported an impact e

SUBMITTER: Rosen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6561817 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature