ABSTRACT

Our understanding of effective elder abuse (EA) response interventions is limited. Adult Protective Services (APS), the primary agency responsible for responding to EA, lacks a coherent, conceptually driven, prolonged intervention phase. Informed by an ecological-systems perspective and adapting evidence-based modalities from other fields, the RISE EA intervention addresses this APS systems gap. Based on a three-year pilot project involving a partnership between RISE and Maine APS, the current study conducted a qualitative evaluation of RISE, from the perspective of APS caseworkers (n = 14) who worked with RISE, to understand RISE strengths and areas for improvement. Findings suggest APS workers perceive that RISE complements the scope and nature of APS, enhances APS caseworker well-being, and reduces repeat APS cases, while further APS/RISE collaboration and clarification on RISE role responsibilities and referral eligibilities are areas of growth. This study provides preliminary evidence for RISE as a community-based EA intervention in partnership with APS.

摘要

我们对有效的虐待老人 (EA) 响应干预措施的了解是有限的。负责应对 EA 的主要机构成人保护服务 (APS) 缺乏连贯的、概念驱动的、长期的干预阶段。RISE EA 干预从生态系统的角度来看并采用其他领域的循证模式，解决了这一 APS 系统差距。基于涉及 RISE 和缅因州 APS 之间合作关系的三年试点项目，当前的研究从与 RISE 合作的 APS 个案工作者 (n = 14) 的角度对 RISE 进行了定性评估，以了解 RISE 的优势和领域改进。调查结果表明 APS 工作人员认为 RISE 补充了 APS 的范围和性质，增强了 APS 个案工作者的福祉，并减少了重复 APS 案件，而进一步的 APS/RISE 合作以及对 RISE 角色职责和推荐资格的澄清是增长领域。这项研究为 RISE 作为与 APS 合作的基于社区的 EA 干预提供了初步证据。