Elder Abuse Assessment Tools and Interventions for use in the Home Environment: a Scoping Review.
Kathleen Van RoyenPaul Van RoyenLiesbeth De DonderRobbert J J GobbensPublished in: Clinical interventions in aging (2020)
Assessment tools for elder abuse need further testing for validity and reliability for use by caregivers in the home environment. For interventions, meaningful outcome measures are needed. Important to note is that quaternary prevention requires more attention. This argues for taking into account perspectives of (abused) older persons and caregivers in the development of assessment tools and interventions protocols.