Elder Mistreatment Methods and Measures in Round 3 of the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Elder mistreatment has negative consequences for older adults' health and well-being. As such, scholars aim to understand its causes, the contexts in which it occurs, how to prevent victimization, and how to design interventions for mistreated older adults. This paper provides a detailed overview of the 2015-2016 National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) Round 3 Elder Mistreatment Module (EMM) to encourage further research on the topic.

Method

This paper reviews previous elder mistreatment scholarship, describes the EMM, provides descriptive analyses of elder mistreatment among community-dwelling older adults, and discusses promising approaches and limitations to future research with these data.

Results

The EMM includes 10 stem questions to me

SUBMITTER: Wong JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8678432 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature