TY - JOUR
T1 - After Older Adult Maltreatment
T2 - Service Needs and Barriers
AU - Olomi, Julie M.
AU - Wright, Naomi M.
AU - Hasche, Leslie
AU - DePrince, Anne P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2019/10/3
Y1 - 2019/10/3
N2 - Little research is available specific to the service needs or related barriers of maltreated older adults. Further, no studies have asked at-risk older adults directly for their perspectives on service needs and barriers. As part of a larger study, a sample of 40 diverse older adults (M age = 76 years) were recruited from the population of older adults who were involved in an abuse, neglect, and/or financial exploitation case where the offender was in a position of trust to the victim. Responses to open-ended questions about participants’ service needs and reasons for not seeking services were thematically coded. The majority of older adults expressed needing more help than currently received, with needs including transportation, housing, food, household assistance, and medical and mental health care. Participants also described reasons their service needs were not being met. The study elaborates on the specifics and descriptive statistics of the themes that emerged. Implications for older-adult victim services, as well as broader older-adult services, are discussed.
AB - Little research is available specific to the service needs or related barriers of maltreated older adults. Further, no studies have asked at-risk older adults directly for their perspectives on service needs and barriers. As part of a larger study, a sample of 40 diverse older adults (M age = 76 years) were recruited from the population of older adults who were involved in an abuse, neglect, and/or financial exploitation case where the offender was in a position of trust to the victim. Responses to open-ended questions about participants’ service needs and reasons for not seeking services were thematically coded. The majority of older adults expressed needing more help than currently received, with needs including transportation, housing, food, household assistance, and medical and mental health care. Participants also described reasons their service needs were not being met. The study elaborates on the specifics and descriptive statistics of the themes that emerged. Implications for older-adult victim services, as well as broader older-adult services, are discussed.
KW - Elder abuse
KW - exploitation
KW - older adults
KW - service use
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85073577102&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/01634372.2019.1668517
DO - 10.1080/01634372.2019.1668517
M3 - Article
C2 - 31566118
AN - SCOPUS:85073577102
SN - 0163-4372
VL - 62
SP - 749
EP - 761
JO - Journal of Gerontological Social Work
JF - Journal of Gerontological Social Work
IS - 7
ER -