Emergency health care personnel's knowledge and experience of elder abuse in Izmir

Evaluation of the awareness of the physicians on negligence and abuse of the elderly patients admitted to emergency department

“…Similar studies investigated the level of knowledge, attitudes and behaviors towards NAE, and it was understood that there are many missing points in the diagnosis of NAE and how to act on the subject. In these studies, the participants reported that they had not received adequate and effective training [17,[27][28][29][30][31]. In our study, 81.2% of the participants stated that they were trained about the subject; however, 71% of them did not follow the up-to-date developments in the field.…”

“…Dong [37] conducted a study and reported that only 1 out of 14 cases reported such cases in NAE. In the study of Mandıracıoğlu et al [27], most of the participants stated that they did not know what to do when faced with NAE. The number of those who do not report suspicious cases in our work is too high to be neglected (30%).…”

Influence of health personnel's attitudes and knowledge in the detection and reporting of elder abuse: An exploratory systematic review

“…Most of the reviewed articles addressed the barriers and difficulties for professionals to detect and report abuse cases. The following barriers were found: lack of confidence in defining, identifying, and reporting abuse; reluctance to report abuse unless there is certainty that abuse had occurred; concern for the therapeutic relationship; potential consequences for the victim; the risk of a long judicial process; empathy with the abuser; a lack of screening procedures; not having clear definitions of abuse; shortages of available interventions for the abused and abusers; perceptions regarding the intent of the perpetrator; a lack of training; a lack of time; the victim's health; inability or unwillingness of victims to report their situation; absence of clear legislation; ignorance of laws concerning abuse; not knowing where or how to report; a lack of protocols; ethical dilemmas and paradoxes posed by reporting; the belief that abuse is a private family matter; and insecurity about whether the informant will be protected (All, 1994;Almogue et al, 2010;Bover, Moreno, Mota, & Taltavull, 2003;Cooper et al, 2009;Daly & Coffey, 2010;Joubert & Posenelli, 2009;Kennelly, Sweeney, & O'Neill, 2007;Kennedy, 2005;Killick & Taylor, 2009;Ko & Koh, 2012;Leddy, Farrow, & Schulkin, 2014;Liao, Jayawardena, Bufalini, & Wiglesworth, 2009;Mandiracioglu, Govsa, Celikli, & Yildirim, 2006;Rodriguez, Wallace, Woolf, & Mangione, 2006;Schmeidel et al, 2012;Strümpel & Hackl, 2011;Taylor et al, 2006). Two of the studies reviewed (Schmeidel et al, 2012;Yaffe et al, 2009) showed how perceptions of such barriers to detecting and reporting can vary depending on the professional profile and that health and social services professionals could have different attitudes, beliefs, values, and behaviours towards abuse.…”

Elder abuse in the emergency department

“…However, elder abuse is an increasingly prominent issue for both society and ED staff, due to improved understandings of the topic and rising demographics (Mandiracioglu et al, 2006). Moreover, in terms of quality-of-life, the health implications of elder abuse have been shown to manifest in increased morbidity and mortality rates (Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime, 2006).…”