Testing an educational intervention to improve health care providers' preparedness to care for victims of elder abuse: a mixed method pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Elder abuse is prevalent and associated with ill-health. However, health care providers often lack education about elder abuse and older patients' victimization often remains unknown to them. In this pilot study we performed initial testing of an educational model aiming at improving health care providers' preparedness to care for older adults subjected to abuse, or more specifically their self-reported propensity to ask older patients questions about abuse and perceived ability to manage the response.

Methods

The educational model consisted of a full training day about elder abuse, including theory, group discussions and forum theatre. Forum theatre is an interactive form of drama in which participants are not only observers, but rather spect-actors, urged to par

SUBMITTER: Simmons J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9351204 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature