RESPONDING TO ELDER ABUSE—A FOLLOW‐UP STUDY OF INTERVENTIONS AND OUTCOMES

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ABSTRACT This paper reviews the process of intervention in cases of eider abuse. It discusses the objectives of intervention and the specific strategies which can be employed. It reviews the interventions used and outcomes achieved in a follow‐up study of 54 cases of abuse identified in a one year study of an aged care service population. Provision of community services, counselling and respite care were commonly used intervention strategies which were initially effective. In a small proportion of cases, the abusive situation was resolved completely with the victim remaining at home. In other cases of continuing abuse, the victims chose to remain in the abusive situation. However the long‐term outcome in the majority of cases was institutionalization. This reflects both the need to separate victim and abuser to completely resolve many cases of abuse, and the high levels of disability and dependency in the population studied.

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