After Older Adult Maltreatment: Service Needs and Barriers

Julie M. Olomi; Naomi M. Wright; Leslie Hasche; Anne P. DePrince

doi:10.1080/01634372.2019.1668517

After Older Adult Maltreatment: Service Needs and Barriers

Julie M. Olomi
, Naomi M. Wright
, Leslie Hasche
, Anne P. DePrince

Psychology

University of Denver

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	749-761
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Gerontological Social Work
Volume	62
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2019.1668517
State	Published - Oct 3 2019

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This work was supported by the National Institute of Justice [Grant #2013-MU-CX-0032]. The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views or the official position of the National Institute of Justice or any other organization. Thank you to the Denver Forensic Collaborative for their collaboration to make this work possible, particularly Denver City Attorney’s Office (especially Linda Loflin Pettit), Denver District Attorney’s Office (especially Maro Casparian), and Denver Human Services-Adult Protective Services. A summary of these findings was included in a Summary Overview Report to the National Institute of Justice.

Funders	Funder number
Denver City Attorney’s Office
Denver District Attorney’s Office
2013-MU-CX-0032

Keywords

Elder abuse
exploitation
older adults
service use

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