Staff conceptualisations of elder abuse in residential aged care : a rapid review Harriet Radermacher, Li Toh, Deborah Western, Jan Coles, Dianne Goeman and Judy Lowthian
By: Radermacher, Harriet
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Contributor(s): Toh, Li | Western, Deborah | Coles, Jan | Goeman, Dianne | Lowthian, Judy.
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ArticleSeries: Australasian Journal on Ageing.Publisher: Wiley, 2018Subject(s): ELDER ABUSE | HEALTH SERVICES | INSTITUTIONAL CARE | LITERATURE REVIEWS | AUSTRALIAOnline resources: Read abstract
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Australasian Journal on Ageing, 2018, Advance online publication, 30 July 2018Summary: Objective: The purpose of this rapid review was to explore how residential aged care staff conceptualise and identify elder abuse.
Methods: English‐language publications, between 2000 and 2017, about elder abuse in residential aged care in developed countries were sought from three academic databases. Only perspectives on staff‐to‐resident and resident‐to‐resident abuse were included.
Results: Over 2000 articles were screened, and 19 journal articles were included in the review. A wide range of abusive behaviours was identified, but there was little common understanding of what constituted elder abuse. Furthermore, disparities in conceptualisations were greater for certain types of abuse (e.g. verbal, psychological and caregiving).
Conclusion: Elder abuse in residential aged care was conceptualised and identified by staff in diverse and different ways. This lack of common understanding hinders the development of effective interventions and prevention strategies, which include staff education and training as well as significant structural and institutional changes. (Authors' abstract). Record #5998
Australasian Journal on Ageing, 2018, Advance online publication, 30 July 2018
Objective: The purpose of this rapid review was to explore how residential aged care staff conceptualise and identify elder abuse.
Methods: English‐language publications, between 2000 and 2017, about elder abuse in residential aged care in developed countries were sought from three academic databases. Only perspectives on staff‐to‐resident and resident‐to‐resident abuse were included.
Results: Over 2000 articles were screened, and 19 journal articles were included in the review. A wide range of abusive behaviours was identified, but there was little common understanding of what constituted elder abuse. Furthermore, disparities in conceptualisations were greater for certain types of abuse (e.g. verbal, psychological and caregiving).
Conclusion: Elder abuse in residential aged care was conceptualised and identified by staff in diverse and different ways. This lack of common understanding hinders the development of effective interventions and prevention strategies, which include staff education and training as well as significant structural and institutional changes. (Authors' abstract). Record #5998
