Perceptions of older adults and health professionals about digital screening tools for elder mistreatment in the emergency department.
Background: Healthcare settings represent a missed opportunity to systematically identify and address mistreatment. Objective: Our objective was to obtain perspectives of older adults, caregivers, and emergency care providers regarding screening and intervention for elder mistreatment in the emergen...
| Publicado en: | Gerontechnology Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 1 - 12 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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International Society for Gerontechnology
2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=155637525&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 155637525 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 15691101 904R jtl: Gerontechnology issn: 15691101 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2021 vid: 20 iid: 2 pid: 54298 pub: International Society for Gerontechnology artinfo: ui: 155637525 155637525 155637525 10.4017/gt.2021.20.2.33-476.11 155637525 ppf: 1 ppct: 11 formats: tig: atl: Perceptions of older adults and health professionals about digital screening tools for elder mistreatment in the emergency department. aug: au: Choo, Esther K. Edwards, Chelsea Abuwandi, Malik Carlson, Kristina Bonito, Jennifer Jubanyik, Karen Gill, Thomas M. Abujarad, Fuad affil: Center for Policy & Research in Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA sug: subj: Patient Attitudes Evaluation Elder Abuse Therapy Attitude of Health Personnel Evaluation Caregiver Attitudes Evaluation Health Screening Methods Digital Health Emergency Service Digital Technology Human Software Design World Wide Web Applications Patient Education Computers, Portable Qualitative Studies Focus Groups Social Workers Health Personnel Attitude to Health Self Disclosure Emotions Interpersonal Relations Support, Social Middle Age Aged Male Female Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Male Female ab: Background: Healthcare settings represent a missed opportunity to systematically identify and address mistreatment. Objective: Our objective was to obtain perspectives of older adults, caregivers, and emergency care providers regarding screening and intervention for elder mistreatment in the emergency department (ED) with a focus on utilizing digital health tools to facilitate the process. These findings will inform the development of a Web-based, digital health tool optimized for a tablet device to educate, screen, and facilitate reporting of elder mistreatment among patients presenting to the ED. Method: We conducted a qualitative study utilizing three in-person focus groups (N=31) with older adults from the community, caregivers for older adults, and clinicians and social workers who worked in the ED. Using a semi-structured interview guide, we identified attitudes about the process of divulging abuse, attitudes towards the ED as the location for screening and information delivery, and perceptions of digital tools for screening and information. Results: Participants identified numerous challenges to the disclosure of mistreatment, including feelings of vulnerability and concerns about losing their homes, social supports, and connection to caregivers. In contrast, they were uncertain about the benefits of disclosure. Digital tools were seen as helpful in terms of overcoming numerous challenges to screening, but participants suggested maintaining a human element to interactions. Conclusion: While challenges to elder mistreatment screening were identified, participants had recommendations for optimizing such efforts and responded positively to digital health tools as a means of screening. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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