AEM Paper: Leveraging VA Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation to Improve Elder Abuse Detection in Older Veterans using a Standardized Tool
Academic Emergency Medicine has published a new paper, "Leveraging VA Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation to Improve Elder Abuse Detection in Older Veterans using a Standardized Tool."
Up to 10% of older adults in the United States experience elder abuse each year, yet elder abuse (EA) cases are vastly under-reported. Older Veterans have higher prevalence of EA risk factors such as cognitive impairment and social isolation, posing the need for innovative interventions for detecting, responding to, and preventing EA in older Veterans.
Authors Makaroun et al. adapted and evaluated a geriatric emergency department (ED) screening and response tool, EM-SART, for use in Veterans Health Administration EDs. Results show that EM-SART may help detect non-obvious elder abuse.
Development of EM-SART by the National Collaboratory to Address Elder Mistreatment (NCAEM) was funded by JAHF. Updated trainings and resources for EM-SART implementation can be found on the Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative (GEDC) website.
Go to the abstract.
Learn more about NCAEM's work to address elder mistreatment.
Go to the Elder Mistreatment Emergency Department Toolkit.
Learn more about JAHF's support of NCAEM.
Learn more about JAHF's support of GEDC.
