Citation

Csikai EL, Whalen M, Otto J, Durkin DW. J. Elder Abuse Negl. 2011; 23(2): 169-189.

Affiliation

School of Social Work, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/08946566.2011.558788

PMID

21462049

Abstract

This study examined the emerging issue of experiences with end-of-life issues in adult protection. A national survey of adult protective services (APS) workers (N = 508) examined encounters with serious illness, injury, death, and bereavement and how these situations were handled professionally and personally. APS workers often encountered clients and caregivers with life-threatening illnesses, and clients receiving hospice services. About three-quarters had worked on at least one case involving a client's death. Overall, more education and training about serious and terminal illness, death, grief, and bereavement is needed to prepare APS workers to work with clients and their families facing a variety of end-of-life situations.

Language: en